Rules question combat

[William]

Just played Bushi no Yume and we had a good time I really liked the activation concept. However, we might have been doing combat wrong.

The issue is wounding an opponent. We had a Samurai with a bu of 3 with a Katana +2 fighting a Ninja who was also a 3 with a a Katana +2 so so far they seem to be even, then we add the ukemi ability with +2 for the Ninja. So now we have a 5 for the Samurai and a 7 for the ninja. With these numbers it is impossible for the samurai who rolls one d 6 to harm the Ninja. The samurai even if he rolls a 6 would only have an 11 while if the Ninja rolls a 1 it would have a 8 so no way for the Samurai to double the Ninjas roll? Are we doing something wrong, because what we had was a lot of pushing back but no real damage!
Thanks
William

[andyfb]

Hi William

Sounds like you're doing it right....but.....

If using Ukemi then you cannot cause any damage to the samurai..

If in you're example if the samurai did roll a 6 (and beat the ninja...look at the combat results table on page 11 )....the 6 on the roll would mean that the ninja was "floored" and the samurai could follow up and next activation hopefully (with a good activation roll ) could attack the ninja, who would count as "floored" +2 to the samurai,( details on the top of page 12)

Cheers Andy ;D

[thanks]

Thanks for the fast reply, that makes sense, so without a 6 the samurai can not do anything against the ninja!

So if a samurai fights another samurai with the bu of 3 and katana with a +2 each has a five, so unless a roll of 6 the only result is to push back the enemy! Is that correct?

Thanks I think that the optional rule of Dai Roku is probably a good addition.

William

[andyfb]

Yes, you are correct in your thinking....

Also, don't forget the "Powerful blow", which is a -1 to your opponents Bu aswell (this will cost you 1 action though )

Cheers Andy ;D

[Rich Jones]

As answered before ... also the game is made to use the Dai Roku as a standard mechanic, playing without it makes it more 'historical' in feel with lots of push backs between matched opponents until some one gets lucky with a 6 or with a card