Difference between revisions of "Dodge"
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Typically used with: '''Agility'''. | Typically used with: '''Agility'''. | ||
| − | In short: get out of the way. Those who excel at Dodging are rather difficult to hit. Every attack | + | In short: get out of the way. Those who excel at Dodging are rather difficult to hit. Every incoming attack a character notices be thwarted with a successful Dodge check. Less agile combatants may instead elect to evade attacks by parrying, but not all dangers can be smacked away with a weapon! |
| − | Characters who fail to remove themselves from harm's way | + | {{section|Evading Attacks|}} |
| + | When another combatant attacks you, and you see it coming, you have a free chance to defend yourself. See the ''Defending'' section of ''[[Book:Combat|Chapter 10: Combat]]''. Your enemy rolls an attack, and you make an [[Evasion Roll]], which is either a Dodge or a Parry. If your Evasion Roll meets or exceeds the Attack Roll, the attack misses. | ||
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| + | If you have gained the ''prone'' condition or the ''grabbed'' condition, you take a −4 penalty to Evasion Rolls. If you have gained the ''wide-eyed'' condition, the ''immobilized'' condition, or the ''unconscious'' condition, you automatically fail Evasion Rolls. | ||
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| + | Characters who fail to remove themselves from harm's way need to roll a [[Guard]] check to see exactly how much hurt gets laid out. | ||
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| + | {{section|Avoiding Hazards|}} | ||
| + | The GM can institute a DL for a danger that has no opposed roll, for instance, a collapsing ceiling beam, or arrows from that devious trap you just triggered. | ||
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[[Category:Skills]] | [[Category:Skills]] | ||
Revision as of 19:04, 9 June 2019
Typically used with: Agility.
In short: get out of the way. Those who excel at Dodging are rather difficult to hit. Every incoming attack a character notices be thwarted with a successful Dodge check. Less agile combatants may instead elect to evade attacks by parrying, but not all dangers can be smacked away with a weapon!
Evading Attacks
When another combatant attacks you, and you see it coming, you have a free chance to defend yourself. See the Defending section of Chapter 10: Combat. Your enemy rolls an attack, and you make an Evasion Roll, which is either a Dodge or a Parry. If your Evasion Roll meets or exceeds the Attack Roll, the attack misses.
If you have gained the prone condition or the grabbed condition, you take a −4 penalty to Evasion Rolls. If you have gained the wide-eyed condition, the immobilized condition, or the unconscious condition, you automatically fail Evasion Rolls.
Characters who fail to remove themselves from harm's way need to roll a Guard check to see exactly how much hurt gets laid out.
Avoiding Hazards
The GM can institute a DL for a danger that has no opposed roll, for instance, a collapsing ceiling beam, or arrows from that devious trap you just triggered.
