Grimtooth
Sep 13 2004, 12:16 PM
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.
Austere Emancipator
Sep 13 2004, 12:20 PM
You use it in all of your Melee Combat Defender's Success Tests.
Grimtooth
Sep 13 2004, 01:43 PM
So if the dual wielding adept is ATTACKED, losing initiative, he can use his counterstrike dice?
Otherwise, he subtracts the dice and attacks normally?
Luke Hardison
Sep 13 2004, 01:55 PM
If he is described as the 'Defender', then he gets the Counterstrike dice. If not, he does not get the Counterstrike dice.
Cochise
Sep 13 2004, 01:59 PM
| QUOTE (Grimtooth) |
So if the dual wielding adept is ATTACKED, losing initiative, he can use his counterstrike dice?
Otherwise, he subtracts the dice and attacks normally? |
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*) ...
Grimtooth
Sep 13 2004, 02:01 PM
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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