iamcrazyjoe wrote:
I think he is saying the Pass Block skill is useless, thus the rules text has no meaning. Not a serious criticism.
I tried ... that is a tough skill to make good since passing is not a good strategy normally in the game. To make Pass Block valuable ... you need to make passing better and that is a tough game to do on a D6. Not saying it is poorly designed .. but within the limits of the system ... yeah you have Pass Block.
I think if you wanted to make Pass Block valuable ... you make it a reaction skill.
Defensive Read (instead of Pass Block) - GENERAL skill
When the opposing team is about to pass, hand-off or Throw Team-mate a player with this skill not in an opposing tackle zone may move up to 3 spaces anywhere on the field even if his Movement is less than 3. You may not make Leap, Dodge or Go For It rolls during this movement. This movement is not considered an action. This movement is made after the player or square that the ball/team-mate is targeting is selected but before the player with the ball/team-mate rolls for his action.
And the above change to Pass Block would remove sooooooo many rules issues that the current Pass Block creates.