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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8331807" data-attributes="member: 42582">I haven't got to the crit rules yet, but they're definitely in there.I did jump ahead and read the rules for NPCs, prompted by the Budo rules talking about &quot;rabble&quot; and &quot;extras&quot;. Those rules suggest that Ki should be ignored for most NPCs. I'd have to check but I don't recall Ki giving extra actions. I think it might give extra damage.Iaijutsu allows drawing and attacking with the same action, but that is what allows the samurai to get off two atack actions rather than a single one (having first had to draw). There is reference on p 28, in the section on On, to the &quot;highly dangerous Iaijutsu Duel, described in section 1092.2&quot; which exposes participants to a &quot;high probability of suffering a Critical Hit on the first blow of the Duel.&quot; Unfortunately section 1092.2, which is a section on the customs/protocols of duelling, doesn't say anything about Iaijutsu Duels. So I'm not sure what this high probability is referring to. Critical Hits are damage multiples (x2 or x3) and/or special effects.EDIT: Maybe the crit issue is that in an Iaijutsu Duel the target doesn't have his/her weapon drawn and hence doesn't get the defence bonus for wielding a profession-proficient weapon. Which means the attacker has a higher chance of hitting, and the chance of a crit is a function of the chance to hit. Though at low levels the change in chance to hit from losing this bonus is low, and probably won't affect the crit chance. So I'm still not sure.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8331807, member: 42582"] I haven't got to the crit rules yet, but they're definitely in there. I did jump ahead and read the rules for NPCs, prompted by the Budo rules talking about "rabble" and "extras". Those rules suggest that Ki should be ignored for most NPCs. I'd have to check but I don't recall Ki giving extra actions. I think it might give extra damage. Iaijutsu allows drawing and attacking with the same action, but that is what allows the samurai to get off two atack actions rather than a single one (having first had to draw). There is reference on p 28, in the section on On, to the "highly dangerous Iaijutsu Duel, described in section 1092.2" which exposes participants to a "high probability of suffering a Critical Hit on the first blow of the Duel." Unfortunately section 1092.2, which is a section on the customs/protocols of duelling, doesn't say anything about Iaijutsu Duels. So I'm not sure what this [I]high probability [/I]is referring to. Critical Hits are damage multiples (x2 or x3) and/or special effects. EDIT: [I]Maybe[/I] the crit issue is that in an Iaijutsu Duel the target doesn't have his/her weapon drawn and hence doesn't get the defence bonus for wielding a profession-proficient weapon. Which means the attacker has a higher chance of hitting, and the chance of a crit is a function of the chance to hit. Though at low levels the change in chance to hit from losing this bonus is low, and probably won't affect the crit chance. So I'm still not sure. [/QUOTE]

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