Editing Flamepunk: Combat and Conflict (section)

===No Stacking Defences===

As stated in the basic rules, you can only make a maximum of one reflexive action in response to an action against you.

Essentially, this means that if someone attacks you, you can dodge, or you can parry, or you can use another defence, but you can't do more than one of those things. Also, you can't "stack" the same defence - you can't, for example, declare three dodges against a single attack.

Note that some paths to avoiding injury don't count as reflexive actions, so can be used freely. Armour, for example, takes no action to use, so will reduce damage in addition to any defence you use. Using Cover also requires no action, and dramatically reduces the effectiveness of ranged attacks that come your way.

Smart characters will look out for these "non-action protections" and use them in addition to dodging.
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