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Message no. 1
From: Ray & Tamara <macey@*******.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: Question about full defence
Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 10:42:53 +1000
> > Maybe I'm intrepreting the rule wrong, but the advantage is that you
can
> > totally dodge an attack. So if the troll with the Wallacher combat axe
> > sends a 12D at you with only one success, you don't have to worry about
> > getting 8 successes on your damage resistance test. All you have to do
is
> > get your pool dice to roll 2 successes and the attack becomes a clean
miss.
>
> *re-reads rules* You're right, there is a use for full defense...

Not really. If you roll normally and beat your target by 1 success, he
misses, so you don't have to worry about getting 8 successes, AND you hit
your opponent.

Ray.

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Message no. 2
From: Ray & Tamara <macey@*******.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: Question about full defence
Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 13:31:51 +1000
> > > Maybe I'm intrepreting the rule wrong, but the advantage is that you
can
> > > totally dodge an attack. So if the troll with the Wallacher combat
axe
> > > sends a 12D at you with only one success, you don't have to worry
about
> > > getting 8 successes on your damage resistance test. All you have to
do
> > is
> > > get your pool dice to roll 2 successes and the attack becomes a clean
> > miss.
> >
> > That's not a real advantage, because if you used the normal rules as
they
> > stand, and you got one more success than him, you would hit him, and he
> > would miss you. So you get a clean miss and get to hit him.
>
> But for the resistance-test you've got way lower target-numbers:

[snip example]

You may have a lower target number most of the time, I agree. My point was
simply to say that you don't have to use full defence to totally dodge an
incoming attack.

Ray.

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