NewbieSalmon Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) Coming back to read the Big Gold Book (more like 'skim' to be frank) after a couple months of absence, I noticed one rule that now just bugged me, the "Attacks-per-Round" statistic. First, having an Attk of 2 (as for the Shuriken) or 3 (as for the Light Pistol) meant than in a single round, I can do more than one attack - that is - state my intent, resolve my attacks then end my turn? Second, I don't know what fractional Attacks-per-Round mean, that includes 1/2 or ½, 1/3 or ⅓ and 1/4 or ¼, nor do I know the difference between the two identical yet seemingly different formatted numbers (like on pages 252 and 262 for ½ and 1/2 respectively). That's all. Clarifications would be appreciated, thank you. Edited August 24, 2020 by NewbieSalmon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hix Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, NewbieSalmon said: fractional Attacks-per-Round a weapon at 1/2 would be able to attack every other round, 1/4 every four rounds you are correct as to the attk# 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieSalmon Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 20 hours ago, hix said: a weapon at 1/2 would be able to attack every other round, 1/4 every four rounds you are correct as to the attk# Thank you. That makes complete sense and I'm baffled I haven't thought of that. It's already in the name "Attacks-per-Round" So, there's no difference between 1/2 and ½? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hix Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, NewbieSalmon said: no difference between 1/2 and ½ prolly just a formatting inconsistency Edited August 25, 2020 by hix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd Dupont Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 8 hours ago, NewbieSalmon said: there's no difference between 1/2 and ½? well 1/2 is 3 characters, but ½ is only 1! 😮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinabrett Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 As a follow-up to this, if I fire three shots with a light pistol (3 attk), does each shot after the first accrue the -30% modifier (similar to multiple parries)? As a follow-up to the follow up, do all three shots happen on the same DEX rank? Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd Dupont Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Typically consecutive attack have a -5 rank malus. I.e. first attack is done at DEX rank. and then DEX-5 and DEX-10. An alternative home rule could be to split the DEX rank into the numbers of attack, in your case that would be DEX, 2/3DEX 1/3DEX. Which is how attack rank is modified after moving MOVx1~2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickMiddleton Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 p190: "If your character can perform more than one action in a round (some weapons allow for multiple attacks, and combat skill levels in excess of 100% also allow multiple attacks), each attack should be separated by 5 DEX ranks. The first action is at the full DEX rank; the second is at DEX rank –5; the third at DEX rank –10; etc. Your character cannot act on DEX rank 0 for any actions, so any actions that would occur below DEX rank 1 are lost." My italics. The Attack action clarifies: p190: "Attack Your character can make an attack against a target on his or her DEX rank, in addition to moving up to 5 meters. Unless modified otherwise, this attack is performed at the full skill rating. As noted above, if a particular weapon allows for multiple attacks, each successive attack should be at 5 DEX ranks lower than the previous attack." Again, my italics. So, no attack skill is NOT penalised, but each attack takes place 5 DEX rank after the previous one, if the character has the DEX ranks available (if not, the additional attacks are lost). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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