From: VALAMIR@aol.com
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 15:45:14 EDT
Subject: Re: [GM-7thSea] 7th Sea - Off Hand Actions


In a message dated 7/28/99 3:21:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
madrigal@larp.com writes:

> I love the inititive system for the most part, but one minor nit-pick is 
that
>  extra actions are too much of an advantage because they are alway 
available.
>  One thing I was considering as a house rule is that initiative dice that 
>  double up still count as one action. This has two desirable effects. First,
>  ultra fast characters can have off rounds where they roll doubles and 
> triples
>  and act more slowly. Second, as speed (Panache) increases the effect is
>  self limiting because you are more and more likely to double up.
>  

Thats a very interesting way of randomizing the number of actions, I'll have 
to try that out.

So far the extra actions haven't proven to be that overwhelming (at most its 
3 and only for a Master, who should be amazing).  The only thing we've 
discussed doing is toneing down the use raises to kill extra brutes effect.  
While I like the effect (brings to mind the hallway scene in Princess Bride) 
its way to easy to abuse and means that I have to throw more and more 
henchmen at the party which takes longer to resolve.

So far we're thinking of requiring a Drama Dice in order to use the 
whack-a-brute rule...cutting down multiple men in such quick succession is 
clearly a dramatic moment.  

Another thing we've done is to answer the question about the off hand for 
single weapon fencers.  After all in the movies they're always using their 
fists or what not.  We went with a single off hand action die for any 
characters whose off hand isn't tied up doing something else (Aldana is 
behind the back, or when using two handed weapons).  

This die is at +5 for such untrained types so that they act later in the 
round and half the time, lose the die for going over 10.

We allow Dirtyfighting techniques, Pugilism attacks or jabs, and Bind which I 
added as a Wrestling advanced knack (because it made sense) to be used with 
the off hand die.  Make the duel much more flavorful.
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