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I should note that normally your foes will draw cards as well for initiative. It might be one card for a group or multiple, depending upon how I choose to break them up.

I didn't do that this round because I felt it told a better story to have the PCs act and the goblins act in the response post.

How much time has passed in rounds since combat ended and the goblin rider appeared? Both Coral and Catalena had durations to track.

[OOC: About two rounds. That is why I am not worried about the bennies carrying over.]

[OOC: I don't have the rules with me at the moment but does the combat section have something like

"If Your Mount Falls in Battle

If your mount falls, you have to succeed on a DC 15 Ride check to make a soft fall and take no damage. If the check fails, you take 1d6 points of damage."

I'm just trying to look out for Coral ]

No, there isn't something like that. However, I did have him look at options for not falling, which I graciously ignored. He took his action to stand and swing. Coral was conveniently near by. It has nothing to do with the fact that she just eviscerated his favorite ride.

Of course. I was sure he would not mind his favourite ride being gutted

How do multi-dice weapon damages work for Aces in Savage Worlds? Selaim's hand crossbow does 2d4. Does it Ace only on an 8 and then you roll 2d4 again? Or if either of the d4s gets a 4 is that an Ace and you track them individually?

I'd say err on side of caution... Ace on 2d4 would be an 8 since the damage calls for 2d4 not 1d4, 1d4.

But in a way it makes 2d4 cooler than 1d8 and maybe that's why they made the distinction so you have more of a chance for higher damage rather than the consistency of a sword. Like a little crossbow bolt could be a little more deadly when it hits between the armor.

If it was an ace chance on each d4 there is a greater chance of getting an ace, but that ace has lower potential if it only counts on that dice.

The rules are written for face to face gaming. In ftf, you have to roll the dice individually: d4,d4, when it calls for 2d4. So, we should do the same here.

I like all of the points that Art and Angrboda made. They equal my own thoughts.

One thing I love about Pathfinder is how they make individual weapons different in their own ways and it seems like with SavageFinder they tried to preserve that.

And, it doesn't make it overpowered... you'd still need two 4's to get an 8 for the scenario of only Acing on an 8 for two dice.

The 2d4 have a very different distribution curve to the 1d8.
Between the pair of them the 2d4 have an almost 50% chance of one of them acing, so you might expect the average to be 2½ + 2½ + ½x2½ = 6¾ whereas the d8 will average 4½ with only a 1 in 8 chance of acing. But the the d8 will, 1 in 8 times, give a total bigger than 8, and the chances of getting a 15 are the same as getting a 9. The 2d4 really struggle to get 15.

And of course, because there is a threshold to cross to hurt things, a solid average of 6¾ damage is great if the targets have a toughness of 5. But if the target has a toughness of say 9 I would probably be looking to use the d8 weapon, because with a d8, 1 time in 8 I will get through ...


So of course I had to look at the stats...

... and the 2d4 is better all the time - which surprised me

The rule in Savage Worlds is every die rolled can explode (Ace). If you have 2d4 you have more opportunity for explosions. A d6, 16 2/3%. A d4 25%, which does something interesting with 2 dice.

I will have to do some research to verify that, but that is what I remember reading and playing for years. Till I find something that disputes that, I say they both aced, roll em till they don't. Then sum the total.

Go ahead and kill all my monsters within a moment of introducing them, see if I care. <hides his crying face in a corner>

Just makes me come up with tougher monsters.

Added a round of bennies to every PC, great posts guys! Keep up the good work!

Before we go too much further, it is time for an Advancement!

Yay!

Coral will take additional powers - 'fire bolt' and 'deflection'.

Aendell will take Trademark Weapon (Long Sword)

Both sound good, go ahead and update your sheets.

Raising two stats that are below the stat dice

Planning on updating Fighting from d8 to d10 and Stealth from d6 to d8

That works!

Oops! Gotta do the advancement when I get home

Pande, because you asked, as far as the boneyard scene, it's arguable that the weapon shop being 100' away but on the other side of the wall, that Catalena might be engagable for the encounter. But that's both if the timing is right and if somehow she'd be made aware. It doesn't seem probable or that it was the intention though.

Does channel energy have any effect on undead in this system?