From: "rsmith" <rsmith@lightspeed.ca> Hi all, In my campaign people can say, "he does not engage me!" and just move away from enemies. However the enemy gets a free attack with either bonus damage or bonus DX. If you survive the attack, well, I guess he DIDN'T engage you after all!
From: "David Michael Grouchy II" You too hun? I ran an optional rule like that for a year. If a figure chose to ignore engagement the figure(s) they ignored got an extra attack that round. I'm trying to remember when and why I stopped using it. I'm not sure,don't remember clearly. I think it was because it broke up the chess-like feel that melee has.
From: "John Paul Bakshoian" <hailmelee@hotmail.com> This may be belated on reply, but I think this is an acceptable idea. I would even go a bit further to apply it to riders on horseback who zip by a player's zone of control but are not stopped by it. Let the unmounted get a swing at the rider as he gallops by. Perhaps both can get a swing at minus DXs. If the rider is hurt, find out if he falls. If he fails his DX, roll again to see if he catches himself. Another failed roll and he falls off his horse next to the unmounted man, but the horse still gallops onward.
John,A belated reply is always O.K. Most of these topics are timeless to me. I'm willing to discuss anything in the archives. Even from years ago. First, doesn't it take two people to engage a horse? So the horse and rider get to pass the figure by anyway. But to do it the way you describe I remember something from the early version of Chapions called the "pass through attack." It seems similar, but with yours the character being passed through gets to hit back. A quick question. What does the rider roll vs. DX if he has EXPERT HORSEMANSHIP?
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