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<blockquote data-quote="Cobblestone" data-source="post: 4075320" data-attributes="member: 57786">Question: marks?I'm more than willing to withhold judgement on marks until I've played the game and have had a chance to see how the system works as a whole. I am wondering, however, what problem (if any) they were meant to address. I have seen several posts that say, in effect, that marking enables a defender to actually defend. Was this a problem? My characters have always been able to postion themselves in front of another person, ready to slash (or otherwise attack) any foe who tried to pass. And yes, it was always harder to do so when the baddies were fast, or many, or able to attack at range. But I never saw this as a problem with the game.And as for calling out an opponent, do we need a rule for something that can be accomplished (or at least attempted) via role-playing?As an aside, how does a character &quot;mark&quot; an opponent anyway? Is marking part of an attack (i.e. &quot;I've cut you, and if you take one more step towards yon fair maid, I'll cut you again.)? Is it an action that threatens an attack like readying an action (i.e. &quot;If you take one more step I'll fill you so full of arrows...&quot;)? Is it a Tai Chi exercise like casting a spell(i.e. &quot;I have waved my hands in the air, and now you must come at me or your skin will erupt in holy boils&quot;)? Is it a taunt like a bluff check (&quot;Nah nyah pbbbbb&quot;)? Or are all of those different actions that might result in a &quot;marked&quot; condition depending on the special ability used?Thanks,C-stone</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cobblestone, post: 4075320, member: 57786"] [b]Question: marks?[/b] I'm more than willing to withhold judgement on marks until I've played the game and have had a chance to see how the system works as a whole. I am wondering, however, what problem (if any) they were meant to address. I have seen several posts that say, in effect, that marking enables a defender to actually defend. Was this a problem? My characters have always been able to postion themselves in front of another person, ready to slash (or otherwise attack) any foe who tried to pass. And yes, it was always harder to do so when the baddies were fast, or many, or able to attack at range. But I never saw this as a problem with the game. And as for calling out an opponent, do we need a rule for something that can be accomplished (or at least attempted) via role-playing? As an aside, how does a character "mark" an opponent anyway? Is marking part of an attack (i.e. "I've cut you, and if you take one more step towards yon fair maid, I'll cut you again.)? Is it an action that threatens an attack like readying an action (i.e. "If you take one more step I'll fill you so full of arrows...")? Is it a Tai Chi exercise like casting a spell(i.e. "I have waved my hands in the air, and now you must come at me or your skin will erupt in holy boils")? Is it a taunt like a bluff check ("Nah nyah pbbbbb")? Or are all of those different actions that might result in a "marked" condition depending on the special ability used? Thanks, C-stone [/QUOTE]

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