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From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Surprise!
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 01:23:29 -0400
At 09:56 AM 5/28/97 +0800, Gavin Lewis wrote these timeless words:
>Heya all,
>
>Situation ....
>
>George the Sammy is waiting in ambush for Percibal the mage. George
>surprises Percibal. "How many actions does he get before Percibal can go?".
>
>I think the book (I dont have it on me at the moment) says that George can
>"act" against Percibal. Does this mean that George rolls initiative (say 35)
>and then gets his FOUR actions before initiative is rolled for both himself
>and Percibal? OR does it mean that George gets ONE action before intiative
>is rolled?
>
We run surprise like this: You "supriser" gets ONE action against the
"suprisee". however, the "Suprisee" can not use any defence dice
pools,
whetehr combat, magic, or other. this represents his inability to
dodge/magically defend, etc.

Not sure if this is a real rule or not, though...

Bull
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