Editing Mano a Mano:Hack and Slash (section)

==Interfering==

Dueling characters may miss each other completely; One might miss and the other find his target; One might kill the other before he has a chance to attack; Or, they might mutually kill each other. There must be a window of time between the success of the attack being determined and the damage taking effect for a mutual kill to happen.

When characters are using hand weapons, unsuccessful attacks should be parried or dodged instead of simply passing through the target without any effect.  If a hand weapon attack fails while the target is also attacking, no special animation is usually needed.  A parrying sound can be played, and perhaps the failed attack will be deflected away from the target.  If a hand weapon fails while the target is not attacking, these effects can be accompanied by the target doing a parry or dodge animation.