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Multiple Targets in Melee Combat Question

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Fri, 2012-06-08 17:31
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branford branford's picture
Multiple Targets in Melee Combat Question
The Core Book (p. 202) states that when a character attacks two or more opponents in melee combat with the same action, “each attack suffers a cumulative -20 modifier for each extra target.” The example in the book then states that a character attacking three targets would suffer a cumulative -60 on each attack. Is the example correct or does it require an errata? The rule states that the cumulative -20 modifier is for each EXTRA target, i.e. the number of targets beyond the first. Accordingly, in the example given, shouldn’t a character attacking three targets in melee suffer -40 to the individual attack rolls against each of the three targets, representing a cumulative -20 for each of the two targets besides the first? Thanks.
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Fri, 2012-06-08 18:10
Decivre Decivre's picture
Re: Multiple Targets in Melee Combat Question
branford wrote:
The Core Book (p. 202) states that when a character attacks two or more opponents in melee combat with the same action, “each attack suffers a cumulative -20 modifier for each extra target.” The example in the book then states that a character attacking three targets would suffer a cumulative -60 on each attack. Is the example correct or does it require an errata? The rule states that the cumulative -20 modifier is for each EXTRA target, i.e. the number of targets beyond the first. Accordingly, in the example given, shouldn’t a character attacking three targets in melee suffer -40 to the individual attack rolls against each of the three targets, representing a cumulative -20 for each of the two targets besides the first? Thanks.
That does sound like it requires errata; that example should list the penalty as -40 for all attacks. Good catch.
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