Is the attack granted by the Riposte maneuver an “extra attack”?
No. A Riposte does not give an extra attack; it just replaces the character’s next attack. This has three advantages over waiting for one’s turn to attack, however: • The foe has a penalty to his defense roll. • The defending character can get in an attack no matter what his foe does afterwards; e.g., a foe who attacks on the move with a Wild Swing and who plans to run 5 yards away after attacking – or even a foe who plans to Teleport away! – can be attacked before he’s out of range. • The defending character has a chance to injure, incapacitate or even kill a foe who has multiple attacks before that foe has executed all of his attacks. This may reduce the effectiveness of or wholly prevent the foe’s subsequent attacks.
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