Proposal: Six isn’t much higher than Five
timed out, final vote 7-5—Yoda
Adminned at 31 Oct 2008 15:28:05 UTC
In the Rule entitled “Duels”, change the text
* If both Combatants Punched, Kicked or Grabbed one another, then the Combatant with the lowest Strength, Skill or Reflex score (respectively) takes Damage. If they have the same score, neither takes Damage.
to:
* If both Combatants Punched, then the Clan Lord rolls DICEX in the GNDT for each Combatant, where X is that Combatant’s Reflex. If the rolls differ by more than 2, the Combatant with the lower roll takes damage. If they do not, neither takes Damage. The same is true for Kick and Skill, and for Grab and Strength.
This has three effects: It makes fights slightly safer, it makes the magnitude of a stat gap matter, and it introduces an extra bit of randomness. I believe the second point is enough of a benefit to make the randomness worthwhile.
I don’t really like the last sentence of proposed ruletext, either (or, for that matter, the similar ruletext regarding which size and type of beast one hunts in the Rite of Passage, and the corresponding DC for the roll and stat to use in determining which die to roll(respectively)). But as long as no one tries to deliberately misinterpret this wording, I guess it’s okay.
I don’t mind running duels like this, but as a player I’m against the randomness - I prefer the duels being about pure psychology. We could do other things to lighten the damage and fix the stat gap.
Yoda: