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<blockquote data-quote="Emerikol" data-source="post: 6349186" data-attributes="member: 6698278">I view every attack roll or saving throw as a response to a singular event.&nbsp; Even in the days of one minute rounds, I viewed the attack roll as that moment when you actually got a real chance to do damage.&nbsp; I would never view 10 points of damage as 10 minor hits over the course of that time.&nbsp; Each hit is a single hit in my mind.&nbsp;&nbsp; I just believe there are feints and maneuvering attacks all around the real attack.So when damage is rolled there is no chance to change that fact.&nbsp; Something like DR is okay because it is part of the damage roll equation.&nbsp; The mind of the character cannot be part of that equation though.&nbsp; Because if I choose parry when I take 10 damage and choose not to waste my parry on 5 damage then I'm using knowledge that is only known after the fact.&nbsp; If I took the damage though then how am I undoing it.Obviously if you had a spell that let you see the future that might be different but it would have to be something like that.&nbsp; No normal method of time travel calculation is possible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emerikol, post: 6349186, member: 6698278"] I view every attack roll or saving throw as a response to a singular event. Even in the days of one minute rounds, I viewed the attack roll as that moment when you actually got a real chance to do damage. I would never view 10 points of damage as 10 minor hits over the course of that time. Each hit is a single hit in my mind. I just believe there are feints and maneuvering attacks all around the real attack. So when damage is rolled there is no chance to change that fact. Something like DR is okay because it is part of the damage roll equation. The mind of the character cannot be part of that equation though. Because if I choose parry when I take 10 damage and choose not to waste my parry on 5 damage then I'm using knowledge that is only known after the fact. If I took the damage though then how am I undoing it. Obviously if you had a spell that let you see the future that might be different but it would have to be something like that. No normal method of time travel calculation is possible. [/QUOTE]

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