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

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

>But that raises another question.  Okay, someone moves up to me and swings
>with a sword.  I'm a lousy hand-to-hand fighter.  So I toss a card up my
>sleeve, make the Quickness roll, and run away.

If he walks up to you, you can still use the sleeve card to move away.

If he attacks you, though, you need to make the fighin roll to vamoose, or
you get skewered....

>Most combat systems I've seen assume that either A) You interrupt and move
>so fast he doesn't get _any_ chance to hit you, or B) He gets a
>free shot at
>you, with backstab-type modifiers to boot.

That's why you need to "interrupt" the entire action before he moves.  The
combat system is segmented enough to warrant further breaking each action
cards down...


Patrick