Skill Idea Archive: Passing

Baron Ollie · Post by **Baron Ollie** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:10 pm

Pass Attack:

The player making the pass may throw the ball at a member of the opposing team. This may only be performed in the quick or short pass ranges. The player targeted by the pass may catch on a -3. If they fail the catch they are struck by a ST4 block as if it came from the direction of the pass. Assists do count. If the ball is not caught or picked up on a bounce by the passing team, it still counts as a turnover.

Sixpack595 · Post by **Sixpack595** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:53 pm

I like the idea of trying to bean someone, but why not just allow the target an intercept attempt? It is still -2 for int, no +1 for accurate, and TZs would make it harder...AKA you still almost allways need a 6.

Also how about using the throwers Str? A Gobbo shouldn't throw as hard as an Ogre IMHO.

Baron Ollie wrote:Pass Attack:

The player making the pass may throw the ball at a member of the opposing team. This may only be performed in the quick or short pass ranges. The player targeted by the pass may catch on a -3. If they fail the catch they are struck by a ST4 block as if it came from the direction of the pass. Assists do count. If the ball is not caught or picked up on a bounce by the passing team, it still counts as a turnover.

Munkey · Post by **Munkey** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 11:20 am

Would this cause a turnover? It would make it quite bad if it did but losing the ball pretty much always does.

Perhaps you could try to bounce the ball off an opponent to your own player, would be a good way of clearing zones on the catcher

Circular_Logic · Post by **Circular_Logic** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 1:04 pm

Check out Bullet Throw on BloodBowl.net

plasmoid · Post by **plasmoid** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 9:39 pm

Hi all,

>Pass Attack
No disrespect intended, but I can't imagine a single situation where this skill is useful. If you've got the ball, then why would you want to throw it away if that results in a turnover?
Unless the opposing player is a halfling, then he has a better than 50% chance of getting back on his feet immediately, in which case he'll be able to steal the ball that you've so conveniently left on the ground!

Why not say that if the pass does find it's mark then it is not a TO?
That way you would need to make the same roll as an ordinary pass to that location, meaning that it would not be easy to abuse.

Martin

cyagen · Post by **cyagen** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 8:03 pm

Hi everyone,

I am returning to BB after discovering the free LRB

. However, with the new traits rules I found out that the development of some players tends to be a little too much similar. I think that we need new skills in order to get more variety back in the game.

Please note that when I am designing a skill (and I hope that everybody does so also), I try to follow these rules:

a)The skill should be simple in application and/or resolves itself on one die roll

b)The mechanism of the skill should be quickly explainable to a 6 year old

c)A skill should be useful, there is no point in creating a skill that will be used only one time per game

d)The skill should be balanced

e)Have fun!!!!

So here are my proposals (some maybe duplicate of stuff I read here, please forgive that) (I got others in the ST and General section)

Passing skills

Lob (I seen something named perfect spiral that looked like it): The player throws the ball in a high arc trajectory so that it floats and allow for a better positioning of the catcher. However, players from the other teams may also use that extra time. Game effect: The player that tries to catch/intercept the ball has an extra +1 bonus to his test, even if the ball is not accurate. Not that this skill may not be used with Safe throw, TTM and HMP.

Bullet throw (may be a way of using the ball as a weapon): This player throws the ball so hard that it may injure a receiver that fails to catch it. Game effect: If the pass is accurate and the receiver fails to catch the ball, then this player must make an Armour roll.

Scramble: Game effect: The player that completed completed a pass move continue is movement after he throws the ball, provided that he still has movement allowance to do so.
Hi everyone,

I am returning to BB after discovering the free LRB . However, with the new traits rules I found out that the development of some players tends to be a little too much similar. I think that we need new skills in order to get more variety back in the game.

Please note that when I am designing a skill (and I hope that everybody does so also), I try to follow these rules:
a) The skill should be simple in application and/or resolves itself on one die roll
b) The mechanism of the skill should be quickly explainable to a 6 year old
c) A skill should be useful, there is no point in creating a skill that will be used only one time per game
d) The skill should be balanced
e) Have fun!!!!

So here are my proposals (some maybe duplicate of stuff I read here, please forgive that)

Passing skills

Lob (I seen something named perfect spiral that looked like it): The player throws the ball in a high arc trajectory so that it floats and allow for a better positioning of the catcher. However, players from the other teams may also use that extra time. Game effect: The player that tries to catch/intercept the ball has an extra +1 bonus to his test, even if the ball is not accurate. Not that this skill may not be used with Safe throw, TTM and HMP.

Bullet throw (may be a way of using the ball as a weapon): This player throws the ball so hard that it may injure a receiver that fails to catch it. Game effect: If the pass is accurate and the receiver fails to catch the ball, then this player must make an Armour roll.

Scramble: Game effect: The player that completed completed a pass move continue is movement after he throws the ball, provided that he still has movement allowance to do so.

Feedback and criticism is encouraged.

Vero · Post by **Vero** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 2:59 pm

Thereabouts: Fumbled pass is counted as inaccurate on a 3+.

plasmoid · Post by **plasmoid** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:38 am

Perfect Spiral. Passing skill (v2.0).
If this player did not move any squares on a passing action, the attempt to catch said pass is made with an additional +1 modifier.

Martin

plasmoid · Post by **plasmoid** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 3:00 pm

Stab Pass passing skill/trait?

When this player has declared a hand-off action, he may throw a quick pass instead of giving a normal hand-off. All the normal rules for throwing a quick pass apply - except that this does not use up the teams pass action.

How do you like this?

Martin

kithor2002 · Post by **kithor2002** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:08 pm

What about this:

'Ready to Go'

A prone player with this skill may standup(using 3 moving points) if a ball carrier wants to handoff the ball to him.If the handoff was successful he may move afterwards.

laffin-loon · Post by **laffin-loon** » Wed May 31, 2006 6:52 pm

For the record (discussion post elsewhere)...

Hi there.

This is an idea that I've been mulling over the last few weeks. Really it's designed for Gobbos and 'Flings; although for some reason I've made it....

Provoke - Passing Skill -

When your opponent activates a player adjacent to this player you may try to provoke your opponent into making a block action against your player instead of the action that they would have made. You roll one die and add your opponents total strength (after assists) to it. Your opponent rolls a die and adds one more than your total strength to it. After both players have rolled, your opponent may choose to reroll his/her die, using their team reroll for the turn, but must accept their second result. If your roll is higher your opponent must block your player instead of taking their original action. The skill provoke may only be used once by only one player each opposition turn.

....

So, your player is a wind up merchant good at making opponents take rash actions. However it is nigh impossible to make a weaker opponent take a swing at you. Useful to stop any ST4 or especially ST5 ball carriers from getting cheeky. However the downside is that this player is definately going to get hit alot

Probabilities.

Equal strength - 10/36 chance of success

Enemy 1ST higher - 15/36
Enemy 2ST higher - 21/36
Enemy 3ST higher - 26/36
Enemy 4ST higher - 30/36

Enemy 1ST lower - 6/36
Enemy 2ST lower - 3/36
Enemy 3 ST lower - 1/36

Comments...

I put it into passing catagory as I imagine QBs as being naturally lippy people.

. Also it shouldn't be available to all linemen. Like leader I imagine...

The +1 on your opps roll is to stop the probabality of success from being too good.

Maybe you shouldn't be able to use this skill on anyone with a lower ST. One is six is too high a probability to make that WE catcher take on your human block lineman one on one. Although it would be quite funny...

Lychanthrope · Post by **Lychanthrope** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:55 pm

Pass Route:

A player with the pass route skill may split their MA into two segments allowing the player to run into the open, the thrower to throw or move and throw the ball, then the player can use the rest of their MA.

Kinda like a timing route in real football.

DG_Slider · Post by **DG_Slider** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:57 am

reservoirelves wrote:How about this?

Pump Fake: When a player with this skill throws a pass, opponents with Pass Block move D3 squares instead of 3 squares.

We are trying a little different take on this idea:

Pump Fake: A player with this skill can manipulate defenders out of position by pump faking. When the player declares a pass and an opposing player utilizes Pass Block, then the thrower may select a different receiver on a successful d6 roll of 3+. Note that if the pass block results in an opponent in an adjacent square then the thrower still receives the negative modifier.

Pug · Post by **Pug** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:15 pm

Now that's an interesting idea. May just try that one out.

whitetiger · Post by **whitetiger** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:02 pm

I like the Scramble skill. Just make it good for use after handing off the ball as well as throwing.

Something like:

This player may continue to move after having thrown or handed off the ball up to their regular movement allowance.