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Countering question

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:23 am
by Bubba333
When you're the defender and counter and make your attack roll, is it just your Defense that's zero? If you beat the attacker, are you still hit? And is it a zero value or zero beginning dice, but you can roll ability dice? I assume it's the former, but wanted to be sure.

Basically, I just need an example. Thanks!

Re: Countering question

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:23 pm
by Bubba333
We figured it out.

Re: Countering question

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:33 pm
by Clay
Sorry for the delay in answering. You said you already figured it out, but in case you want the official word on it: Only the defender rolls no dice. And that really means no dice, ie. a result of zero. No default dice!

Re: Countering question

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:45 pm
by Bubba333
I guess we had it wrong. Hmmm, what's the advantage then? The 'free' attack? We thought it meant that neither side got a defense roll and whoever gained the higher attack roll, slammed the crap out of the other guy. Would you mind shedding some light on it?

Re: Countering question

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 4:28 pm
by Clay
Err, this is why I shouldn't write replies while simultaneously cleaning out spam. I end up writing nonsense.

What I meant to say is THE LOSER has zero effective dice. If you win, you get a big advantage because your opponent has a defense of zero. If you lose, well, then you have a defense of zero. Not so good!

So yes, you have it correct. My apologies for the awfully written previous post.

The Revised Edition handles counters slightly differently, but it's best not to muddy the waters.

Re: Countering question

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:08 pm
by Bubba333
Cool and thanks! We're all looking very, very forward to the Revised Edition and I hope that if I mention it enough, it'll come sooner.