ACtA - Dodge. How does it work, exactly?

[Lord David the Denied]

During a game on Vassal I had occasion to use the Dodge trait for the first time when a Kutai-class gunship was hit by a barrage of fire from a Narn Ka'Tan. As I read it, the rules indicate that for each weapon firing, you roll one Doge and if successful, negate all hits from the weapon.

A certain individual (not naming any names) has very rudely suggested that this interpretation is not correct. Including several unwarranted personal attacks. He suggests that a weapon fires, hits are calculated, and then Dodge rolls are made for each hit before damage is rolled.

A search of this forum didn't turn up the information I want, so I'd like an official answer. Did I misunderstand the rulebook or is the ill-mannered person incorrect?

Many thanks.

 

[Benjamen the Wolf]

The Ill-mannered person is indeed correct. Dodge works against the amount of hits scored against you. A weapon attacks you with 5 AD, say 3 hit. You would then roll three dodge saves, and any dodges that failed could roll for damage.

BTW, I play an ISA White Star fleet, so I'm quite experienced with how dodge works. Now if I could only figure out some of the other things.

 

[Locutus9956]

heres the official answer:
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15870&highlight=dodge

 

[lastbesthope]

What Benjamen says is correct.

LBH

 

[Iain McGhee]

Probably a redundant post, but remember that you cannot dodge certain weapons (those with Energy Mine or Anti-Fighter traits)

 

[lastbesthope]

Probably a redundant post, but remember that you cannot dodge certain weapons (those with Energy Mine or Anti-Fighter traits)

Indeed, remember unless a rule, like the 2 above, says that you can't dodge then you can.

LBH

 

[Lord David the Denied]

I'd like the definitive answer, please.

Can you dodge hits from exploding ships? I lost about seven flights of Thunderbolts to exploding ships and was given no chance to dodge the hits. Is this correct or can you dodge the chunks of debris?

 

[lastbesthope]

You've had the definitive answer, but yes, you can dodge exploding ships, nothing in the rules says you can't so you can dodge hits from nearby exploding ships.

LBH