Standard maneuver roll/saved posts

Physical Fitness

Category: Hunting and Combat
Topic: Pinefar Hunting Areas
Message #: 4543
Author: GS4-COASE
Date: 11/23/2009 12:44:05 AM
Subject: Re: Crawlers... still

>Expensive for just one rank of overtraining there, and for rather less effect than PF, which I don't think has much benefit either, but at least more than that.

Physical Fitness is the primary skill for defense against standard creature maneuvers.

Coase

CM and Perception

Category: Hunting and Combat
Topic: Pinefar Hunting Areas
Message #: 4548
Author: GS4-COASE
Date: 11/23/2009 1:13:21 AM
Subject: Re: Crawlers... still

>perception and CM are also things that factor into it. Is one of those more important than the other, or do they also factor equally? And are there other skills that factor in?

Physical Fitness > Combat Maneuvers >= Perception. Shield Use factors into some maneuvers, but not all. Those are the standard skills that are taken into account.

Coase

Category: Sorcerers
Topic: So You Want to be a Sorcerer?
Message #: 950
Author: GS4-ESTILD
Date: 02/26/2015 11:56 AM EST
Subject: Re: training for creature combat maneuvers? & triple training spells

SILVEAN: However, ranks in the Combat Maneuvers skill does help with defending against creature maneuvers in equal measure with the much cheaper Perception skill.

This is only true in stance offensive. In stance defensive (and a sliding scale up to that point based upon stance), Combat Maneuvers provides twice as much bonus vs. Perception.

GameMaster Estild

Armor Penalty

Category: Hunting and Combat
Topic: Pinefar Hunting Areas
Message #: 4610
Author: GS4-COASE
Date: 11/29/2009 3:38:26 PM
Subject: Re: Ayep.

The armor penalty is a relatively significant factor. For a character exactly trained for full plate at cap, it contributes a penalty a little bit above the difference between 1x and 2x PF. Overtraining in armor to reduce the action penalty and/or using Armored evasion can reduce the maneuver penalty by a fairly significant amount, however.

Coase

Mobility

Category: Rangers
Topic: Ranger Spells
Message #: 4896
Author: GS4-MESTYS
Date: 12/1/2009 4:58:06 PM
Subject: Re: 618 and standard maneuvers

>Does the bonus 618 provides to avoiding standard critter maneuvers increase with dedicated training in the ranger circle? If so, is the bonus capped at level? -Droit

Yes, the Mobility bonus is dependent upon Ranger spell ranks. The bonus is not capped.

-M.

Spirit

Category: Clerics
Topic: Cleric Spells
Message #: 944
Author: GS4-ESTILD
Date: 11/19/2014 2:11 PM EST
Subject: Re: 319

The spirit penalty for AS/DS is based upon a percent of your missing spirit, so increasing your maximum spirit (through enhancives) does increase the amount of spirit you can lose before you see a penalty. However, for the maneuver penalty, it does not. Any spirit loss is a penalty, and the more that's missing, the higher the penalty. Voln Clerics do have an advantage in regaining spirit to offset the penalty, but that's just a part of societies in general, where they offer different advantages/disadvantages for players to pick between.

GameMaster Estild

Version 2

Category: Hunting and Combat
Topic: Combat Maneuver Discussion
Message #: 1144
Author: GS4-KONACON
Date: 12/28/2016 03:58 AM GMT
Subject: SMRv2 Details!

Hi everybody!

Here to talk a little bit about the new SMR (SMRv2?) and share some info on what skills, stats, and other things have an effect on it. (SMR stands for Standard Maneuver Roll. It's the system that most critters use for special attacks that aren't on the CMAN system, like roa'ter burrows.)

So, let's get right into what factors are taken into account for the SMR. These are not listed by any order of importance. It's just the order that made sense to me.

The primary defense for the defender is calculated using:

• Stats

1. Primary: Dexterity
2. Secondary: Agility and Intuition.

• Skills (Note: All skills are weighted equally by the SMR.)

1. Dodge
2. Combat Maneuvers
   1. The bonus ranks granted by Patron's Blessing (1611) are taken into account.
3. Perception
4. Physical Fitness
   1. Spells that give a bonus to dodge ranks are taken into account.
5. Shield Use is used in some cases, depending on the maneuver.

• Defender spell effects

1. Heroism (215)
2. Prayer (313)
3. Haste (535)
4. Phase (704)
   1. - Phase (704) can now be cast as a self-defensive buff. Sorcerous Lore, Demonology ranks increase this bonus.
5. Cloak of Shadows (712)
6. Melgorehn's Aura (913)
7. Empathic Focus (1109)
8. Patron's Blessing (1611)

• Other factors

1. Stance, level difference, size/race, injuries, encumbrance, armor penalty, and status conditions.

One final note: Some factors may not be considered for a particular maneuver, depending upon its specifics. For example, magical maneuvers such as Earthen Fury (917) do not factor in the caster's stance or injuries. I'm sure there will be questions and clarifications needed so I'll be happy to answer any of those, outside of exact numbers, to the best of my abilities!

A couple of final notes that are semi-related: 1) Phase (704) has been given a self-only buff (standard buff duration) that increases the sorcerer's defenses against BOTH the old SMR and the new SMR. This buff is sorcerer only. 2) Patron's Blessing (1611) has also been given some defense against the old SMR, and the bonus ranks in Combat Maneuvers granted by the spell now also applies to the old SMR. This buff is paladin only.

Thanks!

~ Konacon