 Melee combat, When does a counter attack happen? |
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 Sep 13 2004, 12:16 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 312 Joined: 9-October 02 Member No.: 3,430  |
ok heres the story
2 adepts face off against one another. one wielding a focus the other wielding 2 daggers. In other words lots of dice being thrown. The adept wielding 2 daggers has the counterstike ability. I had to stop combat to figure out when to throw those dice. I never did figure it out. The power description said to reference like page 123 in the bbb. There was nothing explicitly listed as a counter attack or when to use a counterstrike ability. I eventually just dropped the power. No sense in interrupting combat for 2 lousy dice. Anyone have a clue on this one? Its just for my peace of mind. |
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Sep 13 2004, 12:20 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
You use it in all of your Melee Combat Defender's Success Tests.
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Sep 13 2004, 01:43 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 312 Joined: 9-October 02 Member No.: 3,430 |
So if the dual wielding adept is ATTACKED, losing initiative, he can use his counterstrike dice?
Otherwise, he subtracts the dice and attacks normally? |
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Sep 13 2004, 01:55 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: 17-November 03 From: Texas Member No.: 5,828 |
If he is described as the 'Defender', then he gets the Counterstrike dice. If not, he does not get the Counterstrike dice.
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Sep 13 2004, 01:59 PM
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Mr. Quote-function Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,312 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Somewhere in Germany Member No.: 1,376 |
Initiative is of secondary importance there. Whenever someone uses a complex action to do a melee attack, the adept with counterstrike power will receive those additional dice. If the adpet himself performs a melee attack during one of his combat phases he simply doesn't get those extra dice. But he doesn't have to "substract" them from the normally availible number of dice (skill + combat pool + increased ability *if he has that power*) ... |
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Sep 13 2004, 02:01 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 312 Joined: 9-October 02 Member No.: 3,430 |
Ok
Thanks to everyone. We were all just looking to closely. We were looking for "counter attack" or "counterstrike" in the verbage of rules. |
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