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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fortuitous" data-source="post: 7321957" data-attributes="member: 6786950">So it looks like we may have been doing this wrong and I want to make sure we understand correctly.Defense is capped based on your dice pool, with your dice pool being made up of (stat + skill + equpiment). At grade 5, this cap is 5d6 for a static defense of 18.Then, flat modifiers apply beyond that, such as the bonus from gauntlets, shields, size or exploits. Here is the question we are having troubles with. On page 56 in the OLD book, it saysThat means that with a cap of 5d6, your defense can't exceed 20 correct?The above text seems to imply that shields, size bonuses and exploits bypass this. And skill, attributes and gear can't take it past 18. So what is this cap of (4 x maximum die pool) applying to?Just a quick secondary question on a different topic - when using an ability that grants multiple attacks (such as the archer's rapid shot) do exploits (such as deadly strike) apply to both attacks or just one?</blockquote>