Aftermath

[GM Craig]

But the bonuses are pretty good too.

It's a risk, but offers some good pay offs.

[Geoffrey]

Yeah, +10 to a selected combat roll, +20 on a critical success would be very sweet.

[Geoffrey]

Woohoo, success!

[Geoffrey]

Damn, Rodric is being made to look like a squire...

[Geoffrey]

Think it's time to go down to one attack.  At least then it's just a competing roll.

How many are we facing, at what are our options for one (or two) of us buying the other(s) time to grab a sword and shield.

[GM Craig]

This round, Rodric has one opponent. Gwyn has two. Cedwyn has one.

[Geoffrey]

[You guys still get the +5 unarmoured bonus, and the +5 from another source for a total +10 to your effective skill level. skill numbers over 20 get added to the die roll (the surplus that is) which increases the chance for a critical

So, a 25 skill you roll 1d20+5, and any result of 20 or greater is a crit.]

And if we decide to split our attacks (using Rodric's 15 skill in sword), I would split the skill and then add 10 to each right?

Are we each facing one opponent?

[GM Craig]

Yes, +10 to each.

I think Cedwyn is planning on intercepting the guys going after Powel.

[Geoffrey]

That's funny because I was thinking of taking these two on so he could go after them.

[Geoffrey]

Sorry, I messed up that first roll.  I added the 10 to the roll as well as the DC.  It should be a success 13<=18.  And second roll is a crit!  Finally, a crit at a meaningful time.

[Geoffrey]

Okay, I might be wrong, but I could have sworn I read somewhere that a roll of a 1 was a crit.

[GM Craig]

Negative. If you roll exactly what you need, it's a crit. So if your effective skill is 18, and you roll 18, it's a crit.




As an aside, crits are treated as if you needed and rolled a 20 for competing rolls.

So if you need <=18 and roll 17, but your opponent needs <=12 and rolls 12, to determine who won, it is as if the opponent needed and rolled a 20, so he would win.

[Geoffrey]

Wonder where I got that idea from.  Any way, I guess I'll just have to hope the second saxon fails his roll outright.  I'll modify my post to remove the crit info.

[Geoffrey]

I'd like to use a karma point.

[Geoffrey]

Well holy crap, is it ask and ye shall receive day?

Rodric rolled a 20, which means 25 with modifiers.  What a time to get a critical!