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Offline citadel97501

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Question about Disarm Maneuvers?
« on: July 03, 2010, 08:05:03 AM »
Hello all,

I was wondering how do Disarm Maneuvers work, do they just tag the target with that aspect?

Lets say i use a magical spell to disarm someone, do I have to use a certain duration for the exchange, or is it a sticky aspect?  This is one of the parts of this system that confuse me?

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Re: Question about Disarm Maneuvers?
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2010, 08:32:23 AM »
Basically, it works like this:

Say that you are going to try a disarm maneuver, and roll the appropriate skill (Fists or Weapons, usually)
Defender rolls to avoid the disarm
If the rolls are tied, then the maneuver puts a fragile aspect on the target, the target loses the weapon, and the attacker can get a free tag on the aspect.  The target can probably use a supplemental action to pick up the weapon as soon as the fragile aspect disappears.

If the attacker has the higher roll, then either
1.)  The number of shifts over the defense is the duration of the maneuver, and the defender won't have an opportunity to get back his weapon until the maneuver is over.  Attacker gets a free tag on the maneuver

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2.)  The aspect is sticky, and doesn't go away until either the end of the scene or the defender makes a skill roll to get his weapon back, opposed by the number of shifts the maneuver got.  Attacker gets a free tag on the maneuver.
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