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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5837797" data-attributes="member: 54877">Then there is the narrative focus where, when the dice roll, something generally happens.&nbsp;As luck would have it, if you know anything about those active defenses in reality, this happens to map really well with other preferences in the presence of active defense options--such as &quot;Total Defense&quot;. Normally, anyone can hit most of the time if they are willing to risk a reasonable chance of a return strike. If you start getting much more defensive, the numbers go down for both sides. The D&amp;D default, historically, has been to get on with it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />&nbsp;Edit:&nbsp; Note that to satisfy a wider ranger of play, Total Defense options should still allow a single (simple) attack, with a hefty penalty--perhaps around -8.&nbsp; There is no defense so total that it doesn't leave open the possibility of a riposte on someone that has over extended themselves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 5837797, member: 54877"] Then there is the narrative focus where, when the dice roll, something generally happens. As luck would have it, if you know anything about those active defenses in reality, this happens to map really well with other preferences in the presence of active defense options--such as "Total Defense". Normally, anyone can hit most of the time if they are willing to risk a reasonable chance of a return strike. If you start getting much more defensive, the numbers go down for both sides. The D&D default, historically, has been to get on with it. :cool: Edit: Note that to satisfy a wider ranger of play, Total Defense options should still allow a single (simple) attack, with a hefty penalty--perhaps around -8. There is no defense so total that it doesn't leave open the possibility of a riposte on someone that has over extended themselves. [/QUOTE]

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