New Skill: Defense

[CRMcNeill]

So, how would you factor Dodge into Movement as described above? My initial thought would be to either make it part of a Static Defense Modifier, or make it a two-step process, where the character has to roll Running / Agility against a Modified Terrain Difficulty (as in, Base Terrain Difficulty, +5-10 for making the Evasion roll), and on success, add the degree of success on the roll to the Difficulty to Hit.
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[Naaman]

[Naaman]

[CRMcNeill]

Frankly, using a Static Defense Modifier sounds a lot simpler. Just use Running or Agility to generate the Modifier as per the rules in Mini Six, then say that the character only gets the bonus if they're moving faster than their Base Move.

And then maybe combine All-Out with Full Dodge, and say that the character gets a +10 modifier to their Static Defense Modifier, but must be running flat out, and can take no other actions that round.
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[Naaman]

Honestly that sounds more complicated.

My way:

GM: Roll initiative and declare actions.

Players: I declare a dodge/agility and a shot with my blaster.

GM: Roll your dodge for the round, and then make your attack. Cover is 2 meters away, so your dodge gets a +1D bonus.

Though in all honesty, I would have to look at MiniSix to fully understand what you're proposing,
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[CRMcNeill]

So, I'm thinking, Defense for the attacks you can actually react to, which covers Brawling and Melee. Ranged attacks happen at such speed that it takes special training or ability to be able to actively react to them. The advantage for a Jedi would be that they can use their Defense skill against Ranged Attacks, plus their Sense Dice. Non-FS Martial Artists could also potentially train up to the point where they can deflect or grab slower missile attacks.

I'm also thinking of doing a modified Static Range System where the Static Range stacks with the Range Difficulty (or the weapon's Base Difficulty for Melee Combat and Brawling). To keep the Difficulty numbers from getting too high, I'm going to go with a modified Static Range Modifier generation formula, using Agility D x 2, plus 1/2 any pips (rounded up).

So, say a character with 5D+1 Agility is being shot at from Medium Range (Moderate). The character's pre-generated Static Defense Modifier is 11 [5D = 5x2 = 10, plus 1 (1/2 of 1, rounded up)], for a total To Hit Difficulty of 26.

If the character is just walking at or below normal speed, they don't get to apply their Modifier (Difficulty 15). If they are moving faster than their normal speed, they get the Modifier, but it counts as a standard action (Difficulty 26). If they decide to move as fast as they possibly can, they get an additional +10 added to their Modifier (36), but can't take any other actions that round.
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[CRMcNeill]

[CRMcNeill]

Actually, I just found something I missed. Under the Static Range System, Range is factored in differently, as a modifier to the Static Defense, so -5 for Point Blank, +5 for Medium and +10 for Long. With that in mind, it'd work to just use the Static Defense System as is.

EDIT: Of course, if I go that route, there's no way to do Step #1, as the Difficulty would effectively be -5. Decisions, decisions.
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[CRMcNeill]

The other advantage to my modified system is that something similar could be done with Brawling and Melee Weapons, using Defense to generate a Static Defense Modifier that would be added to the Base Difficulty for the weapon itself. With that established, a character would have the same three Options: 1) Not try to defend, in which case the attacker only rolls against the Difficulty for their weapon, 2) Defend, so the Difficulty is Base Weapon + Static Defense, or 3) Full Defense, or Base Weapon + Static Defense +10, but that's the only action they can make that round (apart from any possible Free Movement Actions, Terrain permitting).
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[Naaman]

Static defense has its trade-offs. But it works fine in d20 games (though there are things you can do to modify yor defense without forfeiting your turn, such as "fighting defensively").
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[CRMcNeill]

[Naaman]

Makes sense from a realism standpoint with one possible caveat:

With melee skills, there is a sense that knowing how to fight is measured both by attack skill and defense skill.

So, in a gunfight, knowing how "not to get shot" is a major component of gunfighting. That is how I envision the "ranged defense skill." Understanding how to cut angles, manipupate positioning, height, distance, light/darkness, etc.
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[CRMcNeill]

For me, that would seem to be a component of the Agility skill, upon which the Ranged Static Defense is based. I suppose a character could Specialize in Agility: Evasion and bump up their Static Defense Modifier accordingly, but I'd want to look very closely at how that affects game balance.
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[Naaman]

All I was really getting at was the theme of a defense skill corresponding to a counterpart attack skill: that seems to be how RAW handles it.

If you wanted to retain that theme, there is certainly justification for doing so.
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