FAQ?

[slaughterj]

Don't think you get to use the bonus from fighting defensively or total defense when feinted.

Actually you do get to keep those bonuses, check out the end of the Atlantean changes FAQ, which makes a lot of sense for why you get to keep them: http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/conanaechanges.pdf

The whole point of a feint is to get someone defending against the wrong spot. Cover and Concealment would apply since they aren't based on the person defending themselves... actively at least. I tdoesn't make sense that a person who's focused on defend himself and gets tricked into defending the wrong spot should still get the bonus.

Sure, but the point is that those defensive situations you are staying further from your foe's reach, dodging moreso than normal, etc., so even if feinted, you are still more difficult than normal to be struck. I think it makes sense from a realism standpoint as well as is good from a gaming standpoint.

 

[Foxworthy]

Actually you do get to keep those bonuses, check out the end of the Atlantean changes FAQ, which makes a lot of sense for why you get to keep them: http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/conanaechanges.pdf

The whole point of a feint is to get someone defending against the wrong spot. Cover and Concealment would apply since they aren't based on the person defending themselves... actively at least. I tdoesn't make sense that a person who's focused on defend himself and gets tricked into defending the wrong spot should still get the bonus.

Sure, but the point is that those defensive situations you are staying further from your foe's reach, dodging moreso than normal, etc., so even if feinted, you are still more difficult than normal to be struck. I think it makes sense from a realism standpoint as well as is good from a gaming standpoint.

To each thier own. While I see merit in the way the rules work I just don't like them.