Rules questions
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:29 am
Hi, everyone. A group of friends and I just started playing OVA a couple of weeks ago, and I have a few rules questions that don't seem to be directly addressed in the core book. I know this is kind of a rules-light engine, so it may just be that these are supposed to be up for interpretation, but I'd still like to know what everyone thinks, even if there is not a definitive answer.
1) What happens if you counter an attack, and you and the opponent tie on your attack roll? I'm guessing that you both hit and deal damage as if attacking against a defense of 0, but I don't see that it's ever addressed in the RAW.
2) Speaking of counters, can you counter against an Overwhelming attack. I'm guessing not, since it takes your next turn to counter, and defending against an overwhelming attack takes your next action all by itself, but again, it doesn't seem to be addressed in the core rules.
3) When using the "Scaled Cost" rules for character creation (our preferred method), how are costs handled for Transformations? Are those scaled, too? If so, are they cumulative with the levels you already have in those Abilities/Weaknesses, or are they independent?
4) Several Abilities, like Barrier, Incorporeal Form, and Teleport, say that you can roll that ability "as" your defense roll. Am I correct in understanding that this REPLACES your normal defense roll, rather than adding to it? That is, if I have Quick at +2, and Barrier at +4, My defense pool would be 6, not 8, right?
1) What happens if you counter an attack, and you and the opponent tie on your attack roll? I'm guessing that you both hit and deal damage as if attacking against a defense of 0, but I don't see that it's ever addressed in the RAW.
2) Speaking of counters, can you counter against an Overwhelming attack. I'm guessing not, since it takes your next turn to counter, and defending against an overwhelming attack takes your next action all by itself, but again, it doesn't seem to be addressed in the core rules.
3) When using the "Scaled Cost" rules for character creation (our preferred method), how are costs handled for Transformations? Are those scaled, too? If so, are they cumulative with the levels you already have in those Abilities/Weaknesses, or are they independent?
4) Several Abilities, like Barrier, Incorporeal Form, and Teleport, say that you can roll that ability "as" your defense roll. Am I correct in understanding that this REPLACES your normal defense roll, rather than adding to it? That is, if I have Quick at +2, and Barrier at +4, My defense pool would be 6, not 8, right?