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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tales and Chronicles" data-source="post: 7912734" data-attributes="member: 6871653">Ideally you dont just say: I block with my shield. As with the normal playloop for other actions (intent-mean-resolution), you describe your intent after hearing the description of the incoming attack by the DM, then you specify the mean. Ex:DM: ''the duelist barely move in front of you. You can see his eyes quickly shifting as if waiting for the perfect opening to deliver is graceful but fatal attack''.You:a) I raise my shield, trying to find the exact moment of its attack before I deviate its blow. (Dm ask for an Int save)b) I raise my shield from my left side to my right, moving quickly to avoid letting one side exposed for too long. (DM ask for a Dex save)c) I raise my shield, rushing toward the duelist to push its frail weapon aside before he gets to move. (DM ask for an Str check)d) I raise my shield, knowing that his next attack is going to be nasty. I brace myself. (Dm calls for a Con save) etc. Its more of a communication between Dm and playes about the co-created narrative. With this system, you dont need to be afraid to have a players playing to its strength by trying to use its best stats; after a hit, the Dm my introduce a narrative complication with the damage that prevent the players from using its favored stat for a turn or two. Ex. The duelist make a low blow with his daggers, the players falls on one knee, he cant use his dex to move gracefully out of the way for the next attack.</blockquote>

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