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(04-17-2015, 10:32 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: The devil is in the details. I don't think there's an issue with any given lalafell defeating any given <anyone else>. The debate comes from "well lalafell soak damage just like everyone else, and do damage just like everyone else."
That sounds about right to me. Lalafell can and should approach combat differently than the taller races, just as other races likely can and should approach combat against them. This would apply to a lesser degree to the other races too - we saw a hidden Au Ra using their tail and claws pretty effectively in combat in the last Grindstone. That's a physiological difference that needs to be accounted for too.
I will say, though, that while just as straight absorbing the blow is pretty boring... so too could be watching your opponent go flying with every single hit. It wouldn't be much fun for the Lalafell combatant either, I'd figure ("Oops, I got hit. Well, looks like I go flying again."). I could see a Lalafell absorbing or deflecting some of the strike, as long as it's done in an understandable and reasonable fashion.
Take Chachan for example. Yeah, he'd barely break 50 ponze dripping wet (and I'm not even sure if he's properly weighed - not sure how heavy a muscly little dude like him would actually weigh)... but he's also wearing a full suit of cobalt armor on top of it. So he'll certainly skid and stagger and stumble when a good meaty hit lands on him, but I would figure he wouldn't go airborne as easily as some folks would figure.
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