Combat Redux

[Tahoshi]

Ok Everyone. I realise the new rules have lots of stats, and I'm pretty sure some of you are thinking "how do i use this one?". This is to become the definitive guide on that. Please let me know if i miss anything!!

Number One. The statistics you have are more like a GUIDE than a set of facts. Yes, if you are a seated officer, with a block skill of 20, a Vasto Lorde with an attack skill of 80 is going to RAEP you. And he'll do it very quickly. No matter what your Reiatsu or health is, a difference of 60 will make short work of you.

If your block skill is 50 lower than their attack, or vice versa... It is also going to be a short fight. you may get one or two Lucky blocks, but thats about it. You're still going to hurt.

If your block skill fails by 40, then you can expect some pain. You're still going to lose, but you may be able to block some of it. Of course, if you have a high attack skill, you can keep on the offensive and save yourself.

This carries on getting better and better for you, until you are within 5 from theirs. This is going to be a VERY close fight, and may take a very long time to finish off. It'll probably be a fight of attrition, trading blow for blow and the like.

This works the same for Kidou, yours works against theirs, and differences mean more pain/less chance to save yourself. If someone weak throws a kidou at you, and your kidou is higher, chances are you'll feel the effects a little, but then shrug it off. If theirs is more than 40 points higher than yours, you're NOT going to be able to shrug it off. It'll HURT. Of course, Reiatsu can be used to boost your Kidou, to be able to shrug off an attack.

[Tahoshi]

Your Health figures into this equation as a simple way of working it out.

If you take a good hit (bad for you, of course), then it counts for the full difference of your skills. You can work out like this how many big hits you can take before you're going to go down.

Lesser, glancing blows are going to take small amounts off of your health, meaning you'll be able to take a few more hits.

Don't worry about keeping a running total of your health, just keep in mind how many big hits you're going to be able to take, before you begin feeling the effects of it. (aka: dying)

[Tahoshi]

For the purposes of Reiatsu, assume that if someone just attacks in a post, they are not using reiatsu to boost the attack. If they do, assume its not too much, unless they say something like "and i threw all my reiatsu into this one, all-or-nothing attack!" at which point, you'd better be ready to use all yours to survive.

[Tahoshi]

Ok! A new message regarding ganging up on people.

No longer will it be a complete addition of the powers of the combined attackers. From now on, it will be like this.

Assume that, for every enemy that is weaker than the average for the group, the total power of the group will be the highest attack raised by 5. For each attacker whose power is greater than the average, then add 10 to the total attack power.

Example: You are in a fight with 1 Gillian, one Adjuchas, and one Vasto Lorde (sucks to be you, but bear with me...) The average power will be that of the adjuchas, normally... assuming they all have average stats for thier power group.

The Gillian will add 5 to the power of the vasto lorde, and the adjuchas will add 10, for being on the average. Because the Vasto Lorde is the one who is essentially getting a boost, his power doesn't affect the boosting. Lucky for you, because too much boosting of a Vasto Lorde equals your death!

Remember, the stats are only there as a guideline. Please, don't go wasting a group of 5 vasto lordes when you're a lowly Shinigami, because its not going to happen. You probably won't even scratch one of them, let alone leave a dent in their weapon.

For the purposes of the power boost for ganging up on someone, the max number you can have will depend on the attack type, and the size of the target. If it is many shinigami ganging up on a gillian, then they'll be able to have MANY shinigami attacking.

However, if it is a number of gillian, using Cero, on your a single shinigami target, the roles are reversed, as Cero doesn't need to be close combat. You will get alot of Cero blasts flying at you!