What does it mean when an attack "glances off"?

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What does it mean when an attack "glances off"?

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I'm curious to understand what it means when an attack is said to "glance off". Is this just another way to tell you you missed, to mix it up a bit?

Does anyone know what the mechanics of this are?
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A "glance" is a miss within 5% of being a hit.
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Thanks for the info!
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And your armor is working! :D
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ahhh. I had thought that it indicated that they had hit but failed to do any damage.
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Rowanas wrote:ahhh. I had thought that it indicated that they had hit but failed to do any damage.
I think what BW is saying is that it's within 5% of a hit that would do damage.

IOW, the "glancing blow" is technically a "hit" - it's just a non-damage inducing hit... :? :)
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IJBall wrote:
Rowanas wrote:ahhh. I had thought that it indicated that they had hit but failed to do any damage.
I think what BW is saying is that it's within 5% of a hit that would do damage.

IOW, the "glancing blow" is technically a "hit" - it's just a non-damage inducing hit... :? :)
IOW?

What got from his explanation was that you still missed. Say, rolling a 43 on a ToHit of 39. You missed, but not by much.

Hmm... if you have 95% ToHit, does that mean you can only get hits and glancing blows?
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ah... Internet lingo.

It was ages before I finally learned that FTW was not composed of the same words as WTF.

I still cry out my original misinterpretation in place of the actual meaning. It amuses me.
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IJBall wrote:
Rowanas wrote:ahhh. I had thought that it indicated that they had hit but failed to do any damage.
I think what BW is saying is that it's within 5% of a hit that would do damage.

IOW, the "glancing blow" is technically a "hit" - it's just a non-damage inducing hit... :? :)
Chuckle... you trying to confuse people?

Basically it almost hit you but not quite. It does liven things up a bit to show the close ones like that.

Considering the amount of armor I sometimes wear, perhaps it glanced off... my ring? :wink:
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