Mano a Mano:Actions

Actions

If a character's stun plus damage is less than half of their health (health/2), they can move and do one powerful action, quick action, combo, evasion or covering. If a character's stun plus damage is at least half of their health (health/2), they can only move half as far and perform only one quick action.

Counterattack

Instead of moving and performing actions on his own turn, a character can counterattack by waiting to move and perform actions right before the attack of the first character to attack them after their turn. Counterattacking does not change the order of characters turns.

Combos

A character can perform one quick action in a combo for each point of speed (rounded up, so a character with 1/4 or 1/2 speed can perform one quick action), plus an extra quick action if that character is using multiple weapons in the combo. If a character splits their attacks between multiple targets they may only attack each target one time per combo.

Covering

Covering another character is similar to counterattack, except that the covering character chooses an ally to defend instead of himself. If the covering character doesn't have enough reach to hit the attacker, or for some reason he can't parry the attack, that covering character will be hurt by the attack when he successfully defends his ally (i.e. "taking a bullet".)

Evasion

By moving defensively instead of attacking a character can get a +2 passive defense bonus against every attack until the end of the character's next turn.

		Action		Type		Damage		Modifier
attacks
quick attack	quick	half
strategic attack	powerful	half	+1 attack
cautious attack	powerful	half	+1 defense
powerful attack	powerful	full
outreaching attack	powerful	full	+1 defense
takedowns
push	quick
trip	powerful
throw	powerful
holds
hold	quick
wrench	powerful
choke	powerful
disarm	powerful
reversal	powerful
stance
drop	quick
stand	quick
instant stand	powerful		+2 defense
aiming
aim	quick	none		aimed attack	powerful	full
throwing
quick throwing	quick			powerful throwing	powerful			heave	powerful
archery
draw (light)	quick			draw (heavy)	powerful			draw and fire	powerful
reload
load	quick			unload	quick			replace a clip	powerful

Other quick actions include things like pushing a door closed. Slower actions could count as powerful actions or take a certain number of turns.

Drop

The character drops to a low crouch, sitting, kneeling or prone position on the ground. While a character is on the ground, they move more slowly (-2 movement, -2 to all hand to hand combat rolls except for grappling) but they are harder to hit with missile weapons (+2 to avoid a missile weapon, even without cover, unless the attack comes from above.) Dropping is a quick action.

Stand

Standing up is a quick action.

Instant Stand

Instant stand is a powerful action which includes standing up and gives the character a +2 defense bonus if they make a success roll: agility + acrobatics vs. difficulty zero. (If a character's agility + acrobatics ability is greater than 5 they automatically succeed.) If the roll fails the character stands without the defense bonus.