(TFT) Mack's system for defense

[Pasha and or Rick Smith <pnrsmith@istar.ca>]

	Hi all,
	I've been thinking about Mack's system below:

	The thing that troubles me about it is this, I am in
the front line fighting 3 figures.  I  take a -4 DX penalty and
they each get -4 DX.  Effectively they are getting a total of
-12 DX for my -4 DX.

	Yes the system below is simple (and that is VERY
important if you hope it will be widely accepted), but my 
gut feel is that it is too powerful.  

	I would suggest that 1/2 of your DX penalty is
given to your foes.  So if you take a -6 DX on your attack,
all of your foes are at -3 DX.

	Any thoughts?

	Rick

>Mack Brewer wrote:
>>
>>on the subject of parrying:
>>
>>I've played around with allowing the players to allocate
>>their attacking skill(dex roll) as follows:
>>Each round of combat the player decides how aggressive
>>they will be and this influences their attack roll.
>>Ex/ character is using a sword and has a base attack roll
>>of 15 or less to hit. First round he's fighting "normally" and
>>makes his roll and hits but gets hit back even harder, making
>>him more cautious.
>>Round 2 he decides to go on the defensive to protect himself
>>from another such blow and only rolls vs. 11 or less for his attack,
>>keeping back a -4 dex penalty vs. his attacker connecting.
>>(note- I limited the "defensive" points to 1/4 of their Dex total to
>>avoid situations where they used excessive defensive points and
>>just stood there invincible on defence for the whole combat. Didn't
>>happen but have to plan for it)
>>so, basically, the player can shift up to 1/4 of his character's attack 
>>roll
>>(adj. dex + weapon skill or adjusted dex roll to hit) back to defence on
>>a round by round basis depending upon their own aggressiveness and
>>how powerfull their opponent looks. This just represents being more
>>cautious and more aggressively parrying their blows at the expense of
>>reducing your opportunity to attack. (hence the lessened attk roll)
>>So, Conan, was just so damn GOOD with his weapon that he had points to
>>spare for both attack and defence.
>>...awaiting comments and suggestions
>>
>>Mack Brewer
>>(old TFT player slowly resurfacing)
>>
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