RE: [DL] Touched Attacks

["Clint Black" <cblack@ohtinc.com>]

>Aye true Sean, or is it Mike?  Problem is I never thought to put many
levels
>into my initial Dodge.<die type 4>  And also it seems everything we fight
>seems to have 3-5d12 in wrestling, or brawling, so the numbers are high
that
>I would need to roll dodge against.


Wait a second.  Are we just missing a big DUH here?  Dodge is for ranged
attacks.  Fightin' is for avoiding melee attacks.  You should be rolling
your fighin' instead of dodge to get away from him.

Oh wait.  Maybe your Marshal has stated that since it is a "touch attack"
you have to use dodge because fightin' involves "parrying."  In my opinion
he's wrong.  Otherwise you wouldn't use it against anyone that is armed (or
would do so at a penalty).  If he has instituted such a ruling, just have
your character start carrying a Bowie knife.  That way according to his rule
if you "parry" the guy's touch attack, you get to roll damage with your
knife because if he can affect you through a parry, you can obviously also
affect him.


Clint Black

"You smell that? Do you smell that? ...Ghost Rock, son. Nothing else in the
world smells like that. I love the smell of ghost rock in the morning. You
know, one time we had a hill bombed, for twelve hours. When it was all over
I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' Yank body. The
smell, you know that sulphurous smell, the whole hill. Smelled like...
victory. Someday this war's gonna end..."