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==Rounds==
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=== Rounds ===
 
   
 
   
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A '''round''' of action represents one to two seconds of game time - enough time for most characters to perform a single action or quick combination.  Each character has one '''turn''' during each round.  Rounds can be measured from the beginning of any character's turn until the beginning of their next turn (or from the end of their turn until the end of the next.)
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A '''round''' of action represents one to two seconds of game time - enough time for most characters to perform a single action or quick combination.  Each character has one '''turn''' during each round.  Rounds can be measured from the beginning of any character's turn until the beginning of their next turn (or from the end of their turn until the end of the next.
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Characters with ¼ speed must skip three out of four turns. After one turn of moving and performing actions, the character cannot move or perform actions on his next three turns. Characters with ½ speed must skip every other turn. Characters may skip more turns than they are required to skip.
 
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At the end of a character's turn, the character recovers one stun if they have any.
 
  
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Stealth and detection abilities are used for '''surprise''' attacks. If two characters are mutually stalking each other, do two separate rolls. If both fail, combat doesn't happen. If a character successfully surprises another without being surprised himself, the character with the advantage of surprise gets to go first. If both succeed, they fight without either having the advantage of surprise.
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'''Order''' - Characters have their turns in the order their players are seated, going around the group of players clockwise.
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If there is no surprise attack, characters may choose to start out either evading (+4 defense modifier until the character's first turn) or ready to counter, and who goes first is decided by the circumstances (whoever throws the first punch in the story,) or random die rolls if there is a dispute. Characters with longer weapon range usually have the opportunity to attack first. Characters typically take turns in the order their players are seated, going around the group of players clockwise. To move in formation, characters may delay their turns until they are sequential.
 
  
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On his turn, a character can prepare a counterattack, move and do one action, or move and do a combination of actions (combo).
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'''Initiative''' - The character with the longest reach usually has the first turn.
  
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To '''counterattack''' the character waits to move and perform actions until someone attempts to attack them. If no one attempts to attack the counterattacking character until their next turn, then they have effectively skipped the turn where they prepared a counterattack and continue with their next turn as normal. The counterattacking character moves and performs their action or combo before the attacker's action or combo, but after any movement the attacker does before acting. This gives the counterattacking character a little more control over positioning. After the counterattack, the attacker can change his action or combo, but cannot reuse any movement he used up before the combo.  
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'''Surprise''' - If a character successfully uses stealth or some other trick to ambush their enemies they have their turn first, regardless of other factors.
  
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Counterattacking delays a single turn, but does not change the order of characters turns. For example, suppose three characters are fighting. The first character prepares a counter attack. The second character, his ally, attacks the third character, their enemy, and misses. The third character decides to attack the first character, but the first character gets to counterattack first. The third character finally gets to attack after the counterattack. Now it is the first character's turn again even though he just counterattacked in the middle of the third character's turn.
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'''Phases''' - Each turn has multiple phases:
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(Also see [[Mano a Mano:Hit Points|Action Rules/Hit Points]].)
  
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In a '''combo''' a character can perform one quick action for each point of speed (rounded up, so a character with ¼ or ½ speed can perform one quick action), plus an extra quick action if the combo includes actions with multiple weapons. A character can only do a combo when he is ''healthy''.
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#'''Stun''' - If the character has any hit points in his stun pool, one of those hit points are moved into the other used pool, at the beginning of his turn.
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#'''HP/round''' - Some of the hit points that are NOT in the stun or damage pools are moved into the ready pool. For example, if a character has 3 HP/round and 6 HP (total hit points), but 4 of his hit points are in his stun pool, the other 2 hit points will go into the ready pool.
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#*The number of hit points moved can be no more than the character's HP/round. For example, if a character has 3 HP/round, 6 HP, and no hit points in his stun or damage pools, only 3 hit points will go into the ready pool.
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#*When HP/round is less than the number of hit points which are not in the stun or damage pools, the player can decide which hit points move to the ready pool. For example, if a character has 3 HP/round, 6 HP, and only 2 of his hit points in his stun pool, then the character's player decides which 3 of the other 4 hit points are moved into the ready pool.
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#'''Actions''' - The hit points in the character's ready pool may be used to perform actions and moved to the defense or other used pool. Most actions require the use of at least one [[Mano a Mano:Hit Points|hit point]]. This hit point, and additional hit points, can be used to [[Mano a Mano:Maneuvering|maneuver]], [[Mano a Mano:Manipulation|manipulate an opponent]], or [[Mano a Mano:Attacking|add power to an attack]].  When a hit point is used in one of these ways, it must be put into either the defense or other used pool. The character's turn is over when his player stops using (or chooses not to use) the character's ready hit points, or when the character runs out of ready hit points. (See [[Mano a Mano:Maneuvering|Action Rules/Maneuvering]], [[Mano a Mano:Manipulation|Action Rules/Manipulation]] and [[Mano a Mano:Attacking|Action Rules/Attacking]].)

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