WotBS (conversion to Pathfinder) OOC

[HolyMan]

Thinking this game will be on hold till after the first. Sorry everyone about that but as I mentioned above a combat is coming and as I said somewhere else

combat is slow in pbp and the holidays make posting slow

Two slows equal - spending the week at the snail races. It take sthem a week to cross the finish line

There is something I wish to discuss till then as it deals with a houserule I want to implement in this game.

I wish to change melee touch attacks from STR based to DEX based as it seems that is truly the type of attack it is.

You aren't trying do damage or use force, you are just trying to touch them somewhere (even if it is on their shield). It seems to me the more agile you are the better you would be at sneaking in a touch attack.

I wish to run it in this game as a change to the RAW and see how it plays out.

Thoughts?

HM

 

[Walking Dad]

Not sure I like the change. Without the weapon finesse feat, you also use Str to attack with a rapier...

Dex already gives Initiative, Reflex, Acrobatics, AC (including touch) and bonus to ranged (touch) attacks. I don't see it needing to become more powerful.

Just my humble opinion. The change would be great for my character.

Do you know the Conan d20 rules? There you can choose to attack powerful (with Str) or with finesse (Dex) both with it's own advantages and disadvantages.

 

[HolyMan]

No I haven't seen the rules for Conan d20 will goggle them up.

One of the reasons I wish to try it is to see if it does make DEX more powerful. What it does for monsters with touch attacks and such.

The PC's run into a fight where the bad guy would have touch attacks (but a DEX of 9) As I was reading about them I thought why are they STR based just because they are melee attacks?

You know what would be nice... if during play testing they sometimes posted what they went through to come up with a certain way of dealing with things. You know explain why this is that way and show how they tried it other ways.

*sigh* Oh well what do the rest of you think?

HM

 

[Walking Dad]

This is why the monsters and sample NPCs who need this have Weapon Finesse. The feat also applies to touch attacks. All the change would done is to effectively give them 1 more feat.

 

[Dragonwriter]

I'm of the "leave it be" mindset. If it makes more sense for certain foes to be DEX-oriented, then give them Weapon Finesse in trade for a different feat.

 

[HolyMan]

That would be an easy way around it I guess. Like I said the guy that gave me the ideal has a neg modifier for DEX so he would be better off without the change.

But when I looked at him I was thinking why isn't he penalized on touch attacks for having a bad DEX?? How is that right?

HM

 

[Songdragon]

I would keep the rules for touch attack as is. Not having a high dex for Marda, using a touch attacks (if she does) would be less than a melee attack. Lilke the others, if they want to have a better touch attack as they have a high dex, take the weapon finesse feat.

Good to have you back Holy. Looking forward to continuing the campaign come the New Year.

Happy Holidays to all...

 

[HolyMan]

Update: We will keep the RAW for touch attacks.

I will be implementing new combat rules for this game as well as some others.

I have seen where DM's have stated that they will wait a few days for a post before saying a character is delaying. It looks like a good way to keep combat flowing, so I will implement it in most of my games.

Since this is a medium speed game, I will say everyone has 4 days after I post up a recap to get their actions posted. It should be enough time and if you think you can't for an upcoming round go ahead and post some upcoming alternate actions I could use. If you post nothing then you will be delaying till you re-post.

It may take a few combats to get use to but by this time next year (Happy New Year everyone!) we should have the kinks worked out.

HM

 

[HolyMan]

And updated...

Think I spent my crit allowance for this combat all in the first round. YIKES!

So the distances are a big thing as they will not be accurate , but we will live through it.

HM

 

[HolyMan]

Schedule an update for this game tomorrow afternoon as I enjoy a java shake at Borders.

FtF if you have time you need to make another ride check. You needed to first make the DC5 check due to taking damage. And then the soft fall check.

So I will take that first roll as the first ride check you needed to make. So you might not take damage good luck.

HM