tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post3701322165082125337..comments2024-02-27T01:17:39.925-08:00Comments on The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms: RiposteTalysmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02162328521343832412noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-90536950625662670652013-05-30T17:49:57.792-07:002013-05-30T17:49:57.792-07:00I just noticed that elsewhere in that post I limit...I just noticed that elsewhere in that post I limit ripostes to one per round:<br /><br /><i>Sword: draw and use in same round, allows one riposte</i><br /><br />I like your variation though.Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-32741880007726268062013-05-30T16:10:51.315-07:002013-05-30T16:10:51.315-07:00That's good in that there is only one addition...That's good in that there is only one additional attack roll, although since there's no limit on the number of times your version of the riposte could be used per round, you could wind up with a fighter getting several attacks, instead of just one extra.<br /><br />If you want to keep your riposte from being automatic, but reduce extra die rolls (and maybe easier to remember,) you could just reduce it to "Roll damage for a sword if your enemy misses with a melee strike; if it's greater than your enemy's roll, do that much damage as a riposte."Talysmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02162328521343832412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-59809091944316440282013-05-30T15:46:07.327-07:002013-05-30T15:46:07.327-07:00I have considered making ripostes a sword feature ...I have considered making ripostes a sword feature as well, though I attached the riposte to when an attacker misses you and rolls 5 or less (following the idea that missing badly "left them open").<br /><br />This is how I worded it:<br /><br /><i>Riposte: if an enemy misses you with a melee strike and rolls 5 or less on the attack roll, you get a free counterattack.</i><br /><br />Now I might dispense with the additional attack roll requirement, and just let the riposte deal weapon damage automatically to the attacker.<br /><br /><a href="http://untimately.blogspot.com/2012/08/weapons-parrying-draft.html" rel="nofollow">http://untimately.blogspot.com/2012/08/weapons-parrying-draft.html</a>Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.com