acd@houxa.UUCP (A.DURSTON) (03/06/86)
Hi folks,
( Excuse the mess but this is my first posting )
My friends and I play ICE full Law series ( Campaign,
Character, Spell, Creature, Arms...etc.). We recently came upon
a problem that one of you might have an answer or suggestion for.
It concerns the Adrenal Speed skill. Given a character who prepares
an Adrenal Speed in round x-1, in round x the player rolls and
( with his various bonuses ) "makes" the Adrenal Speed. Now the rules
say that the skill doubles his speed for that round. Problem: how
does this affect his Quickness, in terms of who gets first strike
and such. Do you view it as a termporary modification of his stat
or stat bonus? Any input would be appreciated.
Also the character when he makes the speed roll, now has
effectively two attacks. What rules do you attach to using those
attacks? Only one opponent? How about parrying? Equal parry from
both attacks?
Thanks,
Andrew C. Durston
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> It concerns the Adrenal Speed skill. Given a character who prepares > an Adrenal Speed in round x-1, in round x the player rolls and > ( with his various bonuses ) "makes" the Adrenal Speed. Now the rules > say that the skill doubles his speed for that round. Problem: how > does this affect his Quickness, in terms of who gets first strike > and such. Do you view it as a termporary modification of his stat The way we do it is...if a character "makes" his Adrenal Speed then he automatically gets first strike (unless the opponent is also "speeded" or "hasted", then its back to the usual methods). The first strike for the second attack is resolved normally, as is parry and everything else. > Also the character when he makes the speed roll, now has > effectively two attacks. What rules do you attach to using those > attacks? Only one opponent? How about parrying? Equal parry from > both attacks? We DO NOT allow the first strike to be parried, but if the target has a shield, he should get the benefit of having one (its fairly static). Attacks should only be on one opponent unless the speeded character is a Warrior Monk (which is the most likely case). Warrior Monks can attack multiple targets. Note: Treat is as though there is an extra round in which the speeded character can act and noone else can. He can attack, flee, whatever. The rules leave alot to your own interpretation. I've seen other ways of handling this. -- {hplabs,amdahl,3comvax}!bnrmtv!zarifes --Ken Zarifes