Re: Dodge mechanics (was Re: Star Wars: Armour and damage: straw

On Feb 10, 4:50=A0pm, Simon Smith <simon_smith_n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> But most games do seem to need a dodge skill to allow PCs a last-ditch
> chance to avoid incoming damage. If the chance of being hit is just
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on
> the attacker's skill, they will occasionally secure a hit, and the
> consequences of a hit - or at least, too many hits - is too high in many
> games.</mode>

I agree with this.

Be it hit points, unreasonable damage resists, or dodge mechanics.
Something questionable from the PoV of realism nearly has to be part
of a rpg design if it's reflecting a fictional setting or genre.

Personnally I find dodge is the most acceptible of these because it
doesn't invoke the mental image of bullets striking characters for no
effect.