<div>If your players like a bit more tactics in their combat, you could add an Attack skill vs Attack skill roll on the Resistance table to see if their opponent is good enough to not advertise his next move to the player. Combine this with the pre-Intent location role.
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<div>But then this will definitely slow down combat. It _is_ fun though if the GM is running a single higher-level player adventure. It could also be used as a very low-level reward for a successful minor Heroquest or for someone with a weapon skill above 100.
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<div>YMMV.</div>
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<div>David<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/29/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bjorn Stolen</b> <<a href="mailto:stolenbjorn@hotmail.com">stolenbjorn@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I like this idea<br><br>>So I wonder if it might help things if we change the sequence of the dice<br>>rolls a bit.
<br>>Here's my suggestion, then: If I want to target a location, roll the hit<br>>location BEFORE finishing the statement of intent. That way, if I'm up<br>>against someone with an unarmoured head, and I see from his stance that his
<br>>armoured left arm is exposed, I can state Parry and Dodge. Actually, since<br>>I can in principle declare a variety of different attacks (slash, stab,<br>>punch, kick, headbutt, grapple, shield bash...), we could be perverse and
<br>>roll a different location for each potential attack, and then decide what<br>>intent to declare. (Incidentally, it also could influence defensive<br>>tactics; if I realize my shielded left arm is exposed to the guy with the
<br>>bastardsword on my left, while my unarmoured abdomen is vulnerable to the<br>>one on my right, I might choose to parry differently.)<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>RQ-Rules mailing list
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