Secondary Defenses 3 (Source)

Dodge food effects by scioguy

[quote:9877893d26] Ok, posted on the discussion forum, with some additions:

Thunderheart or Keldarin:

Some questions have come up regarding the +dodge foods. I know that Publish 7 had some fixes included for these, the notes included "Dodge enhancing Food now decreases your chance of being hit." But confusion remains.

1. Do you need to have the dodge skill already? Is there some small percent chance to dodge that all players have, not just pistoleers and fencers?

2. Dodge foods gives a "% chance to dodge". Percentage of what? Of the skill you already have? Say you have a 25% chance to dodge; Does a 21% Pikkata Pie add 21% to the existing percentage (for a total of 46%), or does it increase the base chance 21% (so 25 * 1.21 = 30.2%)? And is that the % of hits that you should be dodging?

3. How noticable are the effects suppose to be? If you do not have the dodge skill, will you see "creature tries to hit you but you evade"? Or does it just increase the chances of "creature misses you"?[/quote:9877893d26] [quote:9877893d26] Well, got an answer on these, here's what it looks like.

The dodge bonus foods (Air Cake, Pikatta Pie, and Deneelian Fizz Pudding) are not actually giving a buff to the Dodge skill. What they do is add a bonus to the player's general defensive skills, which determines whether or not an attack hits at all.

These foods will not cause you to see "creature attacks you but you evade" in your combat spam. They should cause more attacks to miss you completely. If a hit occurs, then any evasion skills (dodge, counter, block) may trigger, but that is separate from the effect of the food.

Since the bonus is added to the defensive skills of the general to-hit formula, it benefits anyone being attacked, whether or not they have the dodge skill bonus gained in fencer and pistoleer.

The raw benefit you receive would depend on your existing defensive skills (melee/ranged defense, center of balance, etc) and the offensive skills of your attacker (weapon accuracy, bonus from posture, range modifier from weapon, etc). Someone with only 20 in defensive skills may see a large difference after eating a +20 Pikatta Pie. A master of an elite combat profession may see a smaller percentage increase in missed attacks since the Pie's +20 has a smaller contribution relative to their inherent defenses.[/quote:9877893d26]