According to the rules, he'll get to attack you again before you can do anything anyways. The system would reward you if you declared full defense any time you went to the back of the line. After every action you make, or every time you get hit, you'd go to the back anyway, so you could declare full defense just then until it's your turn again. Here's how I understand it:
Suppose person A attacks person B and misses, then A goes to the back of the line and B can go next. A immediately declares Full Defense. Then B takes his swing, misses (or hits, it doesn't matter), and goes to the back of the line, where he declares Full Defense too. Neither one takes any penalty whatsoever for declaring full defense, and they have it on all the time until their next turn comes.
On Jan 11, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Bill Hamilton wrote:
If you are attacked and declare full defense, you go to the back of the "line" whether you're hit or not. If you are attacked and _don't_ delcare full defense, you only lose your place in line if you get hit. Thus, if you aren't hit, you will probably get to do something. If you always use full defense you're always behind the guy who attacked you, meaning he gets to attack you again before you can do anything.
-Bill Hamilton
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:47 AM, D B <softflowingwaters@gmail.com> wrote: > > And now for my question: > What I don't understand is, why wouldn't every single character > declare Full Defense any time after they've attacked or been hit by an > attack? In both these cases they would be last in line to act > anyways, and so Full Defense would come to them basically for free > every time.
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