[Rq-rules] Opportunity Attacks.

[Bruce Mason]

I always ran it as a replacement and had to persuade people that SRs were
abstract so if someone ran past them on SR3 then they could still attack on
SR3 unless they were doing something else (e.g. combining movement and
attacks themselves). It is actually one of the weaker elements of RQ3. These
days I would be much more tempted, if I were still running RQ3, to say that
each player has one action and one reaction or no actions and two reactions
per melee round. Reactions are parries and dodges, actions are everything
else. An "opportunity" attack would, then, replace one of your reactions and
occurs on the SR it occurs on.  It's not that much different to how RQ3
actually works.

On 29/01/2008, David Smart <jurrubin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My understanding is it replaces one's normal attack. That is, when it's
> the player's turn to act, they defer to act in order to look for an
> opportunity later in the round to get an immediate attack.
>
> David
>
> On Jan 29, 2008 2:04 PM, <tiggermb at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > Hello again!
> >
> > As you might have guessed from my previous post, I think I have
> > convinced my normal RPG group to try a series of Runequest adventures based
> > on the "Non-Human Centered World" idea. I am going to try the sheetless
> > adventure ideal discussed before, so that they don't feel overwhelmed by the
> > mechanics. As I prepare the characters and the Adventure, I am looking over
> > the RQ3 rules, and I am coming up with the odd question...
> >
> > Here is todays!..
> >
> > My copy of RQ3 states that players can take a type of "Opportunity Fire"
> > melee, when someone passes close to them.
> >
> > Do GM's usually give this in PLACE of a normal attack or in ADDITION to
> > a normal attack?
> >
> > I don't know how often this will come up in combat, but it happens in
> > the D and D campaign that is currently being run, so I want to be prepared..
> >
> > Thanks in Advance!
> >
> > MB
> >
> >
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