Re: [dq-rules] Combat Query

Hi I'm relativly a newcomer having played for only a year and a bit and being surrounded by people who have played the same character for over 5 years in some cases. My latest creation is a stealth guru who wears very light stealth ranked armour and is intended to attack from behind in combat. My questions are;

1) Is there anything to stop me just running up behind someone in combat and attacking from behind providing they are already engaged at the front?

Nope, have at it!!

2) You can throw three darts a round as an attack. Do these all get thrown at once or one by one? I find this significant because if its one by one then presumably I don't need to spend another round preparing my next three darts due to the fact I can draw and throw in the same round. Whereas if its all at once then I guess I do need to spend an action to rearm.

Different GMs play this differently. The way I have always seen it is throwing darts (and Shuriken, for those who have developed Oriental weapons) are sort of a two handed weapon. You hold the darts in one hand and use the other hand to do the actual throwing, one-by-one. Some GMs believe that it reasonable to throw all three darts using one hand, all at the same time, and actually have a chance at accuracy. My logic meter says no freakin' way, but you will have to talk with the other players in your game.

If you use the former system, you will have to take a pulse to rearm, if you use the latter system, then you should be able to arm and throw like crazy every pulse but you need to remember every dart that hits and does ANY damage reduces the target's AG by 3. Just think about that for a second, if you throw three darts a pulse, (SIX if you are ambidextrous!!) you could effectively reduce your target's AG by 9 per pulse. (or 18/pulse, if Ambi!!). Why would anybody NOT use darts? You could effectively render an opponent defenseless in one pulse unless they take a pass action to remove all the darts. You could knock a double-action (AG>25) opponent back to single-action. Your party compadres will LOVE you.

3) Although the rules seem to state I can parry and evade and do every other fancy manouver with any weapon of my choice does logic hold sway over this and say I can't block a giant glave with my throwing darts or garotte?

I should hope common sense and logic would prevail here but once again consult with the other members of your group since the rules do not explcitly rule this out.

With thanks,

Dylan