Re: Dodge mechanics

Simon Smith <simon_smith_news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

> Dodge mechanics are a pest, really. For gamist reasons one often
> doesn't want to have to worry about dodging until one knows an
> attack is incoming. But I would have thought that particularly
> against modern weapons, if you aren't already dodging by the time
> the shot is fired, it's probably too late.

Even GURPS, which prides itself on the ability to simulate reality
close enough for gaming, has a related wart.

T. Bone has addressed it in the optional rule "DECIDE"
<URL:http://www.gamesdiner.com/decide>,
which preserves "They attempt
to do this, but you don't know yet if they'll succeed. What do you
do?" that is the norm throughout the rest of the system.

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