Assault re-rolls

[martin goddard]

I would like to try out assault re-rolls.
This is because a player with a lot of D6 who gets nothing may be very upset. The upset is because the assault is very important compared to the normal shooting D6.

Obviously this is a test idea.

Probably along the lines of "target rolls first and then re-rolls before assaulter rolls and re-rolls"

Fancy this?

martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

I do like rolling lots of dice. And I hate losing assaults. So I'm in 

Simon

[Nigel_s]

Interesting

The sequence Target rolls before Assaulter gives the assaulter an advantage as they know what they will need to beat?

This could be because assaulting is risky so the aggressive player should be rewarded.
Or because the defender gets HTC shooting so the reroll sequence balances that out?

This change would make assaults more deadly as poor rolls will be retaken.

How would this alter the Vet / Raw assault reroll? Do you intend to deal with that through the '1's and '6's option? Or adding extra dice (I think add 1 in 5 for Vet, remove 1 in 5 for Raw was the later proposal).

I believe it important to minimise the number of mechanics the player has to learn / remember.
Re rolling is used elsewhere in PBI so tick.

[martin goddard]

Thanks Nigel. Good analysis.

As you say, PBI must give advantage to players that take action.

If PBI gave advantage to a passive player then the game would be awful."There is more advantage in doing nothing but a bigger risk in doing something."

Assaults
Here is what we need to try:-

Assaulter(the player doing the action)  and target.

1. Target rolls first and can re-roll.
2. Assaulter rolls second and can re-roll.

New modifier. +1 per base if superior to opponent 

This does mean that average and veteran get the same advantage against raw.


martin

[Nigel_s]

Will test.

I like idea of this/how it sounds.

It feels like it will add to the drama and excitement of assaulting, these being key monuments in the game.

[martin goddard]

I hope it works well. Tonight we have US v something else...Brits??


martin