Re: [HoE] Misc. Questions

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

> >1) Force Field - Syker.  Apologies if I asked this before, but...what is 
>up
> >with this?  Subsequent rules on Force Fields are pretty clear (Junker and
> >Cyborg SBs).  You've got to have weapons "synchronized" to get out 
>through
> >the field, or otherwise the field acts as armor for the person being hit.
> >
> >But for Sykers...?  Can they synchronize their personal self-generated 
>force
> >fields somehow, through sheer act of will?
>
>Since absolutely nothing in the description of the syker power mentions
>anything about syncronization . . .
>

Sure...leaving it at the discretion of the Marshal.  Unfortuantely, the 
description itself is rather...vague.  Is it a bubble-type field, or 
skin-tight?

If it's skintight and relatively thin, for instance, then you could 
conceivably hold a sword or gun in your field-enshrouded hand.

The implication for Junkers and Cyborgs is that it is more of a "bubble" and 
therefore synchronization is necessary.

Just wondered how other folks handled it...

> >2) Sweep (from the Templar sword-fighting tactics section).  I'm a little
> >unclear on this.  Can it be used with two weapons?  Not that familiar on 
>the
> >swordfighting side of things, but A) the picture shows the guy using a
> >single weapon two-handed; B) Since a lot of it involves using your 
>strength
> >to literally pull the sword out and move it on to the next person you 
>might
> >need a sword; C) The Figure Eight maneuver has separate entries for
> >one-weapon and two-weapon but Sweep doesn't; and D) It takes even longer 
>to
> >roll a single action in combat when it consists of, say, a Sweep on six
> >people if you're using two weapons.
>
>Sweep can not be used one handed, unless you have supernatural strength. (
> > d12) Even then, the maneuver can not be performed with both primary and
>off hands in the same action.
>

Again, I'm not really up on the "physics" of swordfighting, but...why not?

> >Also, the Sweep rules are a little vague on one thing, and again, since 
>I'm
> >not an expert on swordfighting (although the rules seem to assume I am... 
>:(
> >), another question we had come up was...what if you miss an attack in 
>the
> >sequence?  If you miss attacking Sweep target #2 of 6, do you just hop 
>skip
> >and jump on to 3, 4, 5, and 6, or does that end the Sweep right there?
>
>Roll damage as if it was a hit, and then roll the strength check to see if
>it continues.
>

Hmmm?  I was under the impression that the wounding vs. Strength rol bwas to 
see if the sword "stuck" in the person you were hitting so that you could 
not move it on to the next.  In which case why would you roll if the sword 
missed and didn't "stick" in #2?

>If you want it more complicated, then check the to hit roll.  If it was a
>clean miss, then it continues.  But if it missed because of the passive
>defense, then roll for damage for the sole purpose of the strength check.

This actually seems a bit simpler (insofar as you don't have to roll at all 
in some of the cases).  But thanks for the suggestions.

>-------------------
>Allan Seyberth
>darious@darious.com
>Deadlands fan site - http://www.darious.com/deadlands/index.html


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