Gentlemanloser wrote:Becuase it's been a very long time since we last played any Palladium games!And I'm not sure we used to run them properly anyway!
I've a few questions about Combat rolls.
Are the rolls capped at 20? Or if you have someone with +15 Strike, and they roll a 10, is the target to Dodge/Parry 25?
Rolls are not capped at 20, never were, and nothing ever suggested such a thing. you roll a 19 to strike with +15 the target to parry/dodge is 34.
Mind, a natural 20 always hits or misses regardless of bonus's. so rolling a 20 to dodge with no bonus's still beats a 34 to strike and vice versa.
Is it only a natural 1-4 that's a miss? If you have a Strike of +4, will you never (barring modifiers!) miss again?
A natural 1 always misses regardless of bonus's. natural 2, 3, and 4 do not if you have bonus's to take it over 5. with ranged attacks, you need an 8 (with bonus's) or higher to hit. Mind, this assumes the target is not parrying or dodging and there are no other penalties.
Similarly, is it natural rolls needed to beat armour with an AR? Or do final rolls including Strike count?
Bonus's to strike count twords beating AR as well as making called shots.