Special & Critical Damage

[flynnkd]

Just for opinions sake: does roll weapon damage twice for a special success include your damage bonus twice or not. And does it include any +1 (Broadsword) doubled or not?

And, an Attacking weapon cannot take damage from a Parry anymore (for now anyway with the QS rules).

Edited August 14, 2017 by flynnkd
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[g33k]

Our HR (which *IS* a HR, and so may not address your Q) is that you get a "regular" damage-roll, exactly as normal, to which you add the sum that would be your maximum-possible damage; both include the DB (if any), rolled or fixed as may be.

 

[Beornvig]

Our HR is similar, I suppose.  A slash (20%) is normal damage, just rolled twice (with all bonuses and adds), and a crit (5%) is max damage + normal rolled damage (all bonuses and adds).  All considering armour (no "through armour" stuff).

[styopa]

13 hours ago, flynnkd said:

Just for opinions sake: does roll weapon damage twice for a special success include your damage bonus twice or not. And does it include any +1 (Broadsword) doubled or not?

And, an Attacking weapon cannot take damage from a Parry anymore (for now anyway with the QS rules).

First, yes: at least AFAIK doubled damage is simply rolling your full damage, twice.  Incl pluses and/or damage bonuses.

 

Re the parrying: Did they change the QS pdf text?

Last version I had before Open RPG day was "...If the attack is a failure, the parrying weapon or shield does its full damage against the attacking weapon, breaking it if damage exceeds its weapon’s current hit points..."

[flynnkd]

There must be different versions around, mine mentions nothing about doing damage to the attackers weapon in the Parry rules, may be listed elsewhere...

[Psullie]

Page 14 in the Success bullet point? 

"The attack is parried, but the parrying shield or weapon loses 1 hit point. If the attack is a failure, the parrying weapon or shield does its full damage against the attacking weapon, breaking it if damage exceeds its weapon’s current hit points."

[Mad Ainsel]

I generally have the PCs roll weapon damage twice (e.g. Broadsword for the impale becomes 2d8+2), magic augmentation or damage bonus as per a normal hit. The PCs particularly skillful thrust didn't change the magic effect, nor did the PC suddenly become twice as strong. RQ3 is lethal enough as it is.