Re: [BNW] Goliath vs. Speedster, hope for the speedster?

[Phil <pames@mmind.net>]

At 05:33 AM 1/25/2000 PST, g. m. wrote:
>::SNIP::
>>So in the fight the Goliath swings at the Speedster, who dodges. The
>>Goliath rolls 5d6 + 5 (str.) +5 (fighting 5) and gets an incredibly
>>average 15.
>>
>>The Speedster dodges: 5d6 + 5 (speedster power) + 5 (dodge) + 3 (his
>>Martial Arts skill) and gets an incredibly average 18.
>
>Sounds good to me. I agree that (barring good rolls) the Goliath should not 
>be able to tag a dodging speedster on the average. Also, the Speedster 
>should stay out of the reach of the Goliath, but that's tactics. Breaking 
>down to just hard numbers, I think you found the fix.


Actually, AFAIK, Dodge only applies to rolls to avoid bullets. You use
fighting skill to avoid hand to hand, and the way it works is something
like this:

Goliath rolls 5d6+5 str+ 5 fighting vs a TN of 15. If the speeder actively
tries to get out of his way, the Goliath has to roll against whatever the
speedster makes on his fightin' roll. Note that tricks are applied for
every extra success over the base TN.

Say the speedster gets a good rollover...and gets 11+5 Spd+ 5 martial arts.
So the Goliath's TN to beat is instead 21 instead of 15.


Phil