Swimming and combat.

[Savaad]

How does dodging work underwater? The only reference I can find is in the Battle for Golden Sun, in which it states that characters add 1D to the swimming for dodges.
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[kyledon Mystic]

I would think that dodging in water, becomes your swimming skill.
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[Ankhanu]

I can't see having a bonus to dodging when in the water either... if anything it would probably impose a penalty.

[masque]

Depends on what you're dodging. Bullets, for instance, slow down a lot in water, if I recall correctly, they're only lethal for about 10 feet or so once hitting water. I would imagine blaster bolts might also be somewhat diffused, although I don't have anything to back that up.
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[Savaad]

I agree with the swimming being the dodge roll. My reference before was wrong, it was actually stated in a adventure in the Secrets of Sisar Run book. I think what I was going to do was a hybrid of the swimming and dodging, where as if your dodge skill is higher than your swim skill, then you get a +1D bonus to your swim skill for dodging in water.
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[Jedi Skyler]

You can also give a bonus (or impose a penalty, however you want to work it) for characters wearing swimming gear (fins, mask, etc) or utilizing underwater propulsion devices. It's been long enough since I've run through Golden Sun that I'll have to go back into the book and look it up.

[Aries Bachen]

I don't think I would allow a swimming dodge. Rather I would add to the difficulty # the shooter must overcome to hit.

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[Lor-Pbk]

Hey guys! ... This is my first post but I've been reading these forums a few week as I have just talked my RPG group into trying an old school SW(WEG) adventure. I consider myself a veteran role player as I've been Playing RPG's since the late 70's, ( ahhh youth... ) And I promise to Share the details of my campaign with y'all in the future...

However!!! I was reading this thread and I swear I remeber that there are detailed Dodge/swimming rules in the module "Battle for Golden Sun", I might have the title wrong. And I can't find my copy of it ATM... But if some one else has it maybe they can post it up...

[Ankhanu]

I posted this on my forum the other week;

[garhkal]

Hm.. That is interesting. Was there any word about other weapons and what effects the water had on them? Eg bowcasters, magnacasters, sith lavinrocks..
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[vong]

as well, was that damage extra to the grenade damage, or is that instead of the grenade damage.
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[Jamfke]

Most likely it's the total damage as the water pressure would add resistance to the flight of the fragments thus slowing them down just a hair.
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[cheshire]

Heh. I'm just imagining a gaming party floating to the top of the water like stunned fish after a grenade blast.