Great White Games/Pinnacle Entertainment Group

[Zadmar]

I've currently been allowing players to use Heroic Determination retroactively - for example:

1. A zombie makes an attack roll against a player and matches their parry. The player spends a benny to take Block, changing the hit to a miss.

2. A player rolls on the incapacitation table and fails by 3. He spends a benny to take Hard to Kill, changing the failure to a success.

3. A player draws an initiative card and it's a 2 - and she's surrounded by zombies. She spends a benny to take Level Headed, and draws another card.

But is this actually correct? Or is the benny supposed to be spent before the zombie attacks, or the roll is made on the incapacitation table, or the initiative card is drawn?

Another question: Can NPCs benefit from Heroic Determination as well? What about zombies (using the GM's bennies)? Obviously it wouldn't always be appropriate, but (for example) I could envision the occasional zombie lashing out with First Strike as the player charges them, or using Frenzy or No Mercy at the sight of blood, or even lashing out hungrily with Sweep if surrounded.

[Lee_Szczepanik]

[Zadmar]

Thanks for the response - I definitely like the current approach, I just wasn't quite sure if I was doing it correctly. It works really well though, gives the players some interesting tactical options and encourages them to use bennies for things other than just soak (if you can avoid being hit at all, you don't even need to soak). I'll probably use the rule for other Horror settings as well once I've finished running WotD.

[Lee_Szczepanik]