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Topic Started: May 11 2009, 12:18 AM (72 Views)
Charmed4991	May 11 2009, 12:18 AM Post #1
Posts: 2 Group: Members Member #75 Joined: May 6, 2009	Often during an RP I see one person go after another with an athame and the victim prevents their doom by emoting "dodges." or "moves away.", etc. I can't recall a time when I have seen anyone say they have blocked their opponent's athame. It sounds a little stupid, I know, but I just wonder what the outcome of that would be? I think it could be godmoding because you are forcing the other person to actually not stab you. Any thoughts? Is it possible to emote blocking an assailant's athame?
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SyncWolf	Jun 1 2009, 07:38 AM Post #2
Owner Posts: 137 Group: Owner Member #1 Joined: Sep 5, 2008	This is a good question, i think it depends on both players and their quality. I'd like to hear more opinions on this one.



Moussiffer	Jun 13 2009, 12:55 AM Post #3
Posts: 41 Group: Members Member #8 Joined: Sep 13, 2008	Personally i think that if you emote moving away and then actually move away then it is acceptable. The only problem is emoting and moving out of the way in the 10 seconds. And just saying Lord Artemis dodges the attack is not enough... Because then i could say that about everything. The 10 second rule helps and hurts at the same time... Because if you give 10 seconds it might give to much time for them to get away. Which makes the RP longer sure... But gets old. And if you give 10 seconds and it is you getting stabbed, you dont want to be killed.. So you want to dodge it as much as possible. Its pretty much a toss up because it works for and agaisnt you sometimes.
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SyncWolf	Jun 17 2009, 05:24 PM Post #4
Owner Posts: 137 Group: Owner Member #1 Joined: Sep 5, 2008	The actual question here is, "What happens when someone blocks the attack instead of dodges" In theory you can block attacks like stabbing, but how would this work out in the game without causing conflict?



Moussiffer	Jun 17 2009, 05:32 PM Post #5
Posts: 41 Group: Members Member #8 Joined: Sep 13, 2008	This might sound stupid for a RP game. But what if we had a defensive offsensive setting. Whne RPing, if someone is about to stab or attack you, it randomly generates some kind of Emote for you, so to be far. Is say someone is emoting that they are going to stab you and then you set your defense thing to on, when they go to stab you you have a 50/50% chance of actually being stabbed or dodging the attack. If you are stabbed, then it will say somehting like "Staber has stabbed Lord Artemis with his/her Athame causes them damage" if you dodge the attack then it will say something like "Lord Artemis rushes out of the way just in time to aviod the attack, moving away to safely, for now" The system could work for most to all attacks really. Like projectiles anyway. Powers that are homing cant be blocked unless you use like a shield or shimmer out or something. but just saying "Lord Artemis runs away" is kind of a lame RP move... Im not sure if a system like this can be made. but something similar sounds fair to me. And it isnt biased to the player... It is random. You either dodge or you dont. So its completely fair.
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SyncWolf	Jun 17 2009, 05:43 PM Post #6
Owner Posts: 137 Group: Owner Member #1 Joined: Sep 5, 2008	Once again, this is not about dodging. This is about blocking.



Moussiffer	Jun 17 2009, 08:03 PM Post #7
Posts: 41 Group: Members Member #8 Joined: Sep 13, 2008	Is that not the same thing? Either way you are preventing yourself from getting attacked. In which case you could dodge and/or block the attack. When i think of dodge i think of moving out of the way, when i think of blocking, i think of moving out of the way or moving something in the way to stop the attack... Like a shield or a table, or TKing the person away or TKing there attack away, or like rasing your arm to stop them from stabbing you or something to that affect... But either way it seems like the same as dodging the attack... Actually now that i think about it... Saying you "Dodge" the attack is pretty much a crappy way of saying you blocked it and then going into detail about how. like stopping someone from stabbing you by using you arm to hold there arm off.... I guess if people actually explained how they blocked the attack it would be alright. But that 10 second rule kind of screwes you over because it is hard to type up an intricate response to how you are defending yourself in the alloted time... As mentioned before, it is pretty much a double edged sword. If people werent all about killing each other... It might be easier to extend the time frame. I guess it all depends on the quality of the RPers.
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