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<blockquote data-quote="JohnSnow" data-source="post: 3937327" data-attributes="member: 32164">He assumes that's the case because that's how it works in Star Wars Saga Edition. Area attacks do full damage on a hit and half damage on a miss. Evasion is a talent available to Scouts that reduces the damage to half on a hit and none on a miss. Jedi have a similar ability in &quot;Deflect&quot; - but that only applies to blasters set on autofire, as opposed to all area-effect attacks.Naturally, people are assuming that since we've been told that Saga is a &quot;significant preview&quot; of 4e, it is likely this will be how it works in 4e as well.It's perfectly realistic - most area effect attacks don't have to be direct hits to do some damage - and it's very familiar to D&amp;D players, being mechanically identical to the saving throw.As a side note, it would be perfectly reasonable to offer a fighter ability similar to &quot;deflect&quot; (and its melee correspondent, &quot;block&quot;) that would require a shield. And that ability would dovetail nicely with the fighter flavor text.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnSnow, post: 3937327, member: 32164"] He assumes that's the case because that's how it works in [i]Star Wars Saga Edition[/i]. Area attacks do full damage on a hit and half damage on a miss. Evasion is a talent available to Scouts that reduces the damage to half on a hit and none on a miss. Jedi have a similar ability in "Deflect" - but that only applies to blasters set on autofire, as opposed to all area-effect attacks. Naturally, people are assuming that since we've been told that Saga is a "significant preview" of 4e, it is likely this will be how it works in 4e as well. It's perfectly realistic - most area effect attacks don't have to be direct hits to do [i]some[/i] damage - and it's very familiar to D&D players, being mechanically identical to the saving throw. As a side note, it would be perfectly reasonable to offer a fighter ability similar to "deflect" (and its melee correspondent, "block") that would require a shield. And that ability would dovetail nicely with the fighter flavor text. [/QUOTE]

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