Transformers Range

[Paul]

After play testing TF with Dan a little last night we came up with a little snag if you wanna call it.

The problem can be answered by answering the following question(s).

What happened in SW WEG when someone doesn't dodge?
You also said something like people could dodge at any time. I don't remember that, wanna elaborate?

[randy]

I don't have the WEG books anymore, but from memory each weapon had a distance stat.

When you attacked at short range you had a difficulty of 5 to hit, at medium range it was 10 and at long it was 20.

If someone dodged and rolled higher they used their dodge roll as the difficulty to hit them. That would also depend on range, so if a dodge of 18 was rolled, it would take a 20 to hit them at long range, but it would be 18 at medium or short.

It was similar in melee, you had a 5 to hit with a melee attack, and if they parried or dodged that upped the difficulty to hit them. IIRC if you didn't have a lightsaber there really wasn't any reason to parry in WEG, as dodge would set the difficulty to hit you with any attack, either ranged or melee. Then again, without the books anymore I'm not 100% certain on that.

In WEG any time someone attacked you could declare a dodge as a reaction. I don't remember there being any specific surprise rules, so I think it was the same rule in the situation that you were ambushed, or you just didn't declare a dodge that round in combat.

You would get to roll your dodge when the attack was declared, but you had to roll -1 die to every roll you made that round, and that would set the dodge difficulty to hit you that round.

So, if you didn't see the attacker you could dodge at -1 die, and then get to act normally the next round. If you weren't sure if you were going to get attacked in a given round, and didn't declare defense, you could change your action to include a dodge, but your dodge and regular declared actions would all be at a penalty.

Under WEG it was usually better to not declare that you were dodging, and use the rule to allow a dodge when you were shot at, that way you didn't waste an action dodging if you didn't get attacked.

An example would be if Dan and I were in a fight with 1 decepticon, and I declared a dodge and Dan didn't. If the decepticon had better initiative he could declare to attack Dan instead of me, and my dodge would have been wasted.

[Paul]

perfect thanks

[dan]

I can look for my WEG books. I know I have them just gotta find what container they are in.

[Paul]

In WEG does the range penalty change per weapon?
Or is it the same per blaster pistol, rifle, etc?