 Melee Dodge Specialty, Does it double? |
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 Sep 12 2010, 01:20 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 195 Joined: 31-January 10 Member No.: 18,100  |
As the title says: Do the specialty dice you get from Dodge (Spec: Melee +2) double when going full defense?
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Sep 12 2010, 01:25 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,654 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
No. Specializations are a dice pool modifier, not a skill modifier. Your melee dodge pool would be Reaction + Dodge + Dodge + 2, not Reaction + Dodge + Dodge +4.
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Sep 12 2010, 02:51 PM
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Dumorimasoddaa Group: Members Posts: 2,687 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 15,830 |
If you brought the adept power or reflex recorder for dodge then it would double as they are skill modifiers and the only ones IIRC.
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Sep 12 2010, 02:59 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 195 Joined: 31-January 10 Member No.: 18,100 |
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Sep 12 2010, 08:25 AM)  No. Specializations are a dice pool modifier, not a skill modifier. Your melee dodge pool would be Reaction + Dodge + Dodge + 2, not Reaction + Dodge + Dodge +4. Cool, that's how I thought - and how I ran it. |
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Sep 12 2010, 05:13 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,116 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,449 |
QUOTE (Dumori @ Sep 12 2010, 07:51 AM) If you brought the adept power or reflex recorder for dodge then it would double as they are skill modifiers and the only ones IIRC. Also move-by-wire. |
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Sep 12 2010, 06:42 PM
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Dumorimasoddaa Group: Members Posts: 2,687 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 15,830 |
QUOTE (Glyph @ Sep 12 2010, 06:13 PM) Also move-by-wire. Oh yes that dodge only IDK how that slipped my mind. |
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Sep 12 2010, 10:20 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 195 Joined: 31-January 10 Member No.: 18,100 |
Yikes! Move-by-Wire is nasty! Nasty Awesome!
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Sep 13 2010, 06:18 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,654 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
Yes, delta-grade (or at least beta) MBW 3 is pretty much the long-term goal of any cyber-sam. +2 Reaction, +1 Dodge, and +1 IP per level, plus skillwire functionality is very sweet.
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Sep 13 2010, 06:36 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 250 Joined: 16-January 09 From: Nowhere near you... unless you happen to be near Cologne. Member No.: 16,776 |
I usually take the "ranged combat" dodge specialization, because it's usually easier to defend against melee attacks in the first place due to the larger dicepools (Reaction + Skill + Dodge for melee vs. Reaction + Dodge for ranged defense). So I tend to value +2 dice to ranged defense higher than +2 dice to melee defense. At least that's my experience...
-CJ |
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Sep 13 2010, 07:10 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,507 Joined: 11-November 08 Member No.: 16,582 |
Don't forget that you only roll Dodge vs Ranged attacks if you go on Full Defense and thus lose your actions. I always found the ranges Specialization less than optimal, but I usually don't bother with the skill anyway. Gymnastics does the trick as well and is in the Athletics group which is good to have anyways.
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