Blumenkranz
Roll for INIT
Reminder for @Bonnenheimer that he still has to defend against Dino's attack.
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I agree. Though the book says that competing rolls count as floatable too. Like who can grab the falling apple the fastest. So in this case since we're competing for who gets to a ball fastest, it can floatBlumenkranz said:Well, the default system assumes the River actions have a set of priorities. Although Wash is kinda useless, it is still necessary in case you had a 20 saved from last roll and want it to change to a 29, for example. Let's put into situation:
- Onna floats a 21 into her River during her attack roll.
- Onna gets a 28 Pair during next attack roll.
- Since she has no smart Flow use for said 21 right now, she decides to Wash her river.
- Since Wash has a lower priority than Float, Onna can Float that nice 28 into her river.
If there was no priority order, she could simply Flow her 21 to make any dumb action she wanted and then reload her river. This allows for flashier combat full of Marvels, but it will be more luck-based than strategic as you don't have to decide between loading a better roll or using a minor action. This would effectively reduce the River actions to Float and Flood/Flow, since Wash would only be used at scene changes. I guess it all reduces to what do you want to achieve: seneless flashy ebin combat, or slower but more strategic well-thought combats? Since this is Naruto I assume the former, but I don't know.
Also, consider Rank 3 or higher Rivers.
- Onna is now Rank 3, with a River size of 3.
- Onna Floats a 26 roll from her Attack roll into her River.
- During next round, she gets a single 6.
- Without priorities, she could simply Flow her 26 into her Lake, then make a triple 6 and turn it back to her River with Float, making a 36.
- With priorities, if she Flows her 26, she has to use it since Flow has a higher priority than Float.
Regarding opposed rolls, I agree that rule makes no sense. I would be okay with Floating pairs from init rolls, as it speeds up the combat a bit but also keeps that strategic Wash usage. Probably the best compromise would be to remove the opposed rolls rule and make any Lake roll floatable, but also keep the River actions priority order to avoid shenanigans going out of hand.