Hobbit Virtues: Big Disparity?

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Re: Hobbit Virtues: Big Disparity?

Post by Glorelendil » Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:03 pm

The truly crazy thing about Fair Shot is not the increased chance of hitting, but the increased chance of getting a Pierce. If you add Keen to a bow you have a 44% chance of getting a Pierce with every hit.

That doesn't even get into enchanted qualities....
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Re: Hobbit Virtues: Big Disparity?

Post by Rich H » Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:11 pm

Glorelendil wrote:The truly crazy thing about Fair Shot is not the increased chance of hitting, but the increased chance of getting a Pierce.
That was my conclusion too; combined with my legendary awful rolling as a GM and it's lethal! :)
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Re: Hobbit Virtues: Big Disparity?

Post by Falenthal » Sun Dec 21, 2014 1:02 pm

I know I've said this before, but my own way of dealing with Hobbits being Piercing Machines is this:

Hobbits weapons have all a -2 to Damage and to Injurydue to their smaller size.
Even if they manage to land more Piercing Blows than the rest, theirs are easier to resist than those from other cultures.

To compensate for this, and so that Hobbits don't become useless in combat, I've added some Combat Tasks thanks to ideas from Glorelendil and Rich H:
ANY STANCE
TAUNT
Befuddle, ridicule, and confuse an adversary who is attacking somebody other than you. Roll Riddle or Persuasion against a TN of 10 + Attribute Level of target. If successful, the adversary will switch to attacking you for 1 turn per success (e.g. 3 turns on an Extraordinary Success), beginning on the next turn. On a failure with an Eye the adversary gains a point of Hate.
If succesful, next round the Hobbit can opt for this:
OPEN STANCE
HINDER
Roll attack against an opponent. On a success, instead of doing damage you prevent that opponent from using Called Shot until the end of your next turn. On a great success, you also raise the opponents attack TN by 2; on an extraordinary success you raise it by 4. On a failure with an eye, you fall prone: on your next turn you can't attack, you can't change stance, and you lose your Parry bonus (base TN by stance only).
Or this:
DEFENSIVE STANCE
EVASIVE
Opting out of any form of offense, a player-hero in the defensive stance tasks evasive to present their most formidable, and single-minded, defence possible.

By sacrificing their attack for the round, the player-hero makes an Athletics roll. The TN for this roll is 10 plus the highest Attribute level amongst the opponents faced. A successful roll applies a bonus to their parry rating dependent on their quality of success:

• Ordinary success: +2 parry rating

• Great success: +4 parry rating

• Extraordinary success: +6 parry rating

This bonus persists until the start of the player-hero's next turn.
Also when in Rearward, there's an option for Hobbits that doesn't mean being a PJ's-Legolas-type-archer:
REARWARD STANCE
TACTICAL ACUMEN
Calling upon their own battle experience and observation, a player-hero in the rearward stance may employ the tactical acumen option to bolster their companions with timely assistance and advice.

At the expense of their attack, the player-hero may roll Battle to determine combat advantage, just as is normally done at the onset of a conflict. Combat advantage determined in this fashion is delegated to one's companions, however, but otherwise applied as usual.
For Hobbits, Tactical Acumen can also be renamed to "Throwing rocks at the enemies" ;) .

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Re: Hobbit Virtues: Big Disparity?

Post by Glorelendil » Sun Dec 21, 2014 3:36 pm

I just realized that there's one other way for Hobbits to spend a Wisdom point that is quite potent: the "Gifted" Mastery. Another +1 Parry, tyvm....
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