Defense cap for OLD?

[Shadowtrail]

Does a smallfolk with a 5d6 defense pool have an 22 defense score or 20. Which is grade times 4.

 

[M3woods]

22. 18 base plus the +4 size bonus.

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[Shadowtrail]

In the old book I got it says defense is capped at 4 times your grade. It's not in the NEW book I got though. My group just wanted to clarify. As a smallfolk they get an extra plus 2 to either melee or ranged. Plus the size modifier. I put it in my melee so my defense would be 24 and 22. However I can't pass 20 according to the maximum limit. I just wanted to make sure we're reading this right. It's under the derived statistics chapter.

 

[Morrus]

The cap applies to the initial dice pool only. Size and exploits apply after that.

 

[Shadowtrail]

Ah ok, thanks!

 

[easl]

Not disputing anything said above, but take a look at the OLD errata. Size defense bonuses have been changed.

 

[Karnack]

So does this mean if a Grade 5 character has 18 defense and has a large shield there defense goes up to 21?

 

[Morrus]

Yep.

 

[Flips]

The cap applies to the initial dice pool only. Size and exploits apply after that.

Just for clarity, does that mean that things like the bonus from shields apply after as well?

 

[Morrus]

Yep. They’re not part of the dice pool.