RE: [Fwd: [HoE] Question for the Day (6/8)]

["Patrick Phalen" <pphalen@gti.net>]

>> > Just to clarify.  Your Dodge skill is used against missile
>attacks.  When
>> > you vamoose in combat, you make the appropriate fightin roll..
>> >
>I am pretty sure you have the option of dodging hand to hand attacks
>too.

Not to get into semantics, but....
Technically, you vamoose in hand to hand.  You make a fightin roll (not a
Dodge roll) to get away.  This wasn't explained very well in the original
Deadlands rules, nut the Tales of Terror update *AND* the HoE rulebook very
clear state this (sorry no HoE pg reference here at work.

>> > I would think the opposite.  If many people are shootin, there are more
>> > bullets/knives in space.  Dodging on may get you hit by
>another.  In combat
>> > if you are avoiding a blow to the head, you may be moving your
>head into the
>> > path of another weapon...
>> >
>I would have said that by throwing yourself around, you make it harder
>for
>anyone that is trying to shoot you, but you may want to change this in
>the
>case of automatic fire or even use something similar to the bystander
>rules.

I'm on the fence....
On one hand if you are bobbing and weaving, it would probably be harder for
everyone to hit you.  On the other hand, if a bunch of people are drawin a
bead on you and you are concentrating on trying to avoid one of them, you
really wouldn't know where to dodge for the other guys.  Also, in terms of
mechanics, being able to dodge multiple attacks with one roll makes Dodge
way to powerful.


In HtH, you have limited space, so you would probably end up jumping right
into another guy...


Patrick "It's easy, don't led them as much" Phalen