Extended Combat Examples

[Cowboy Hat]

As title, is there any floating about for R&E?

Nothing fancy, two sides and a few folk on either side - I could do with an aid for my new players who aren't used to the concept of "sides", and I'm planning to run the rules pretty much as is (the horror!).
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[Grimace]

I've not seen any that are greater than the bits included in the rules. Most people use some sort of house rules for something, rather than using everything "as written" in the rules. So finding a throughly detailed combat that is directly by the rules in every way might be difficult to find. You might have to do it yourself (unless you're not sure yourself...that's why you're asking).

[Cowboy Hat]

I am pretty sure I have got my head around it but have just been teaching my wife Mini Six and been reading a lot of D6 so I am trying not to mix riles myself, but also as a game aid as I said.

I might get on that then as every game could do with a good non-core combat example.
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[Cowboy Hat]

I am pretty sure I have got my head around it but have just been teaching my wife Mini Six and been reading a lot of D6 so I am trying not to mix riles myself, but also as a game aid as I said.

I might get on that then as every game could do with a good non-core combat example.
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[Fallon Kell]

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[garhkal]

[Cowboy Hat]

much appreciated!

I was going to post asking for some cheat sheets, but that's great.

And sorry for the double posts, no idea why my tablet is doing that - will keep posts to a minimum until computer is fixed.
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[Cowboy Hat]

player feedback to example:

there's no point in declaring an extra action for a dodge because until you use it, a reactionary dodge doesn't penalise you (as in the example of the officer using a dodge after his command action, yet the troopers declare a dodge to be used after their shooting and lose dice to both actions).

Upon using your reactionary dodge, all penalties to that (and perhaps subsequent actions?) are penalised as if you had declared it all along.

"This means to declare a dodge rather that use a reactionary dodge penalizes all actions before the dodge unnecessarily."



That seems to be the case as my player pointed out and your example seems to suggest this also. Is there an easy fix?
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[Urban Spaceman]

I don't have a rulebook to hand (I'm at work - although plainly not working ) but I thought the first action had no penalty, but past that you lost 1 die per action?
For example declared 3 actions: 1st action no penalty, sesond action is at -1D, third action is at -2D.

It is totally possible (and likely) that I'm wrong though.
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[Cowboy Hat]

[Urban Spaceman]

Whoops. My mis-reading of the rule there!

At least that means that I can tell you that the likely effect of not applying the -1D to the first action is that everyone will declare at least 2 actions every single combat round.
Well, they have in my game.

New Year will see me correcting my rules error!
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[Cowboy Hat]

I might end up doing away with reaction skills altogether and going with declared actions only...:S
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[Cowboy Hat]

I might end up doing away with reaction skills altogether and going with declared actions only...:S
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[garhkal]

I have seen passed around on this board and others, that ONLY using 'undeclared' reactionary dodges/parries incurs another 1d penalty cumulative - so if you shot twice (2 actions called but no defensives) you would be at -1d for both shots.. NOW get shot at and have to make a melee parry, you add -1d(3rd action)-1d(penalty) for the dodge, then -1d(4th action)-2d(penalty cumulative for the parry... So it works out in the long under that to actually plan to do your dodges..
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[faus7rav3n]

I've been wondering about this myself. I break my combats down into Rounds and Phases.

Given: Wookie_1 and TK421 are in a ranged combat. Wookie_1 declares 2 Actions (2 Shots/-1D). TK421 declares 2 Actions (1 Shot/1 Dodge/-1D)

Round 1
Phase 1
Wookie_1 - takes his first action with a Bowcaster MAP'd -1D firing at TK421
TK421 - uses his Dodge as a reaction to avoid the shot with -1D

Phase 2
TK421 - returns fire at Wookie_1 with -1D penalty
Wookie_1 - decides to take an additional action to react suffering a -2D penalty to actions, he pulls off the Dodge but barely.
*** The reaction and all subsequent actions are now reduced by 2D
Wookie_1 - fires again at the new -2D penalty and hits his target

Round 2
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Is this the way it's supposed to follow or does the reaction count at the -1D penalty with subsequent actions falling to -2D?

It seems that players can get an extra dice if they declare an extra reaction after their first action, meaning their first action would be at the original penalty and the later pools at the new penalty. Still has it's consequences.

If you 'extra reaction' before your first action you destroy your later dice pools. If you 'extra reaction' later in the round you risk eating a blaster bolt. Smart players, as was said before, would plan to dodge in their declarations, make their Dodge action sacrificing the original action and still maintain actions for a lower cost than an 'extra reaction'.