AsenRG
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Flashing Blades has a great duelling system.
But not all enemies are looking for aMonkey Dance with bladed weapons duel.
What I was wondering* lately was: how should I rule combat against a group? Say, four or five Cardinal's Guards have ambushed our heroes, aiming to get revenge (and having concluded they wouldn't stand a chance in a duel).
What if a PC Dodges? Does the penalty apply to all attacks?
Then we come to parrying. How many attacks in a round can you Reflex-Parry? ("At least two" are a guarantee, given that you can suffer that much in a regular duel). And does dedicating an action to Parrying increase that number? Does the number change depending on your Style (say, Rider or Spanish single-weapon style vs Italian or French, which use left-hand weapons)?
How much would their placement matter? Because with some manoeuvring, the enemies could get to your back and strike unopposed (not in the rules, but it makes sense, and given that the game is older than my players, such a ruling is totally expected).
Yeah, I do make rulings, of course (as evidenced by the above). But sometimes I wonder what is the intent of the rules and how other Referees are interpreting them.
And hey, there's enough people who like FB on this forum that it makes sense to discuss it?
*While running FB.
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What I was wondering* lately was: how should I rule combat against a group? Say, four or five Cardinal's Guards have ambushed our heroes, aiming to get revenge (and having concluded they wouldn't stand a chance in a duel).
What if a PC Dodges? Does the penalty apply to all attacks?
Then we come to parrying. How many attacks in a round can you Reflex-Parry? ("At least two" are a guarantee, given that you can suffer that much in a regular duel). And does dedicating an action to Parrying increase that number? Does the number change depending on your Style (say, Rider or Spanish single-weapon style vs Italian or French, which use left-hand weapons)?
How much would their placement matter? Because with some manoeuvring, the enemies could get to your back and strike unopposed (not in the rules, but it makes sense, and given that the game is older than my players, such a ruling is totally expected).
Yeah, I do make rulings, of course (as evidenced by the above). But sometimes I wonder what is the intent of the rules and how other Referees are interpreting them.
And hey, there's enough people who like FB on this forum that it makes sense to discuss it?
*While running FB.