Owl said:
Got the book and love it, especially the way combat seems to run. I just have one question to see if I have understood it correctly.
Attacker rolls a success. Defender rolls a critical success. Defender gets one CA, but the attack still hits? Right?
I assume you mean CM as in combat manoeuvre. :wink:
Yes it does. The defender checks his parrying weapon/shield size against the attacking weapon size to see how much damage it stops. If he finds that the attacking weapon may well overwhelm his smaller parrying weapon then he can go for the 'enhance parry' manoeuvre to stop even more damage. If not he can opt for another defensive CM instead.
Here the quote from p87 Core rules:
"If the attacker succeeds with the attack, he rolls weapon damage
and adds his Damage Modifier (if any).
If the defender succeeds in his Skill Test, then he can reduce the attacker’s
damage, if any, according to the comparative size of their weapons.
* Parrying an attack with a weapon or shield of equal or greater
size deflects all damage.
* Parrying with a weapon or shield of one size less only deflects
half damage.
* Parrying with a weapon or shield two or more sizes less fails to
deflect any damage.
For example, parrying a great axe with a greatsword would block all
damage; parrying it with a target shield would halve the damage and
parrying it with a dagger would stop no damage at all."
Owl said:
Also, successful attack roll vs successful defense roll equals no CA but still a hit?
Again, yes. But again the attackers weapon must be big enough to overcome the parrying weapon.
