Mano a Mano:Combat Example

Combat Example

To demonstrate the basic hand-to-hand combat system, Modre the Sabretooth Penguin has a clone exactly like Modre, except the clone has not had time to make an Ice Blade. Modre decides to take out the clone before it can get started on an Ice Blade of it's own. (See Action. and Character Creation/Character Generation Example.)

1. Establishing Initiative

Modre has a weapon with reach and his clone does not. Modre goes first because he has a longer reach.

2. Combat Begins

Both Sabretooth Penguins have 5 health (see Characters/Character Generation Example.)

3. Modre's First Turn

Because Modre has initiative, the first turn is his.

Modre does an outreaching powerful attack, giving his attack a power of 6 and a +7 to his combat roll. Modre's player rolls a 1, so that his total combat roll is 8. (Because his powerful attack was an outreaching attack, Modre also now gets a +2 defensive bonus against anyone with shorter reach than him until his next turn.)

The Clone's player rolls a 6, for a total (unarmed) combat roll of 10. Modre's 8 is less than the Clone's 10, so Modre's attack misses.

4. The Clone's First Turn

Now the Clone has initiative because his player is next in the circle.

The Clone launches a combo attack. The Clone's speed is two, but he's using two sets of claws (which count as multiple weapons), so he gets to attempt 3 quick attacks in his combo. The power of each of these quick attacks is 2, and each has a +4 combat roll bonus.

Modre defends using his Ice Blade, so he gets a +7 to defend against each attack in the Clone's combo, plus the extra +2 he has from having just done an outreaching attack (for a total of +9.)

• On the first attack in the combo, the Clone rolls a 6, for a total of 10, while Modre rolls a 1, for a total of 10. Because the rolls are the same, the attack only does half damage, inflicting one stun (which Modre has no absorption protection against.)
• On the second attack in the combo, the Clone again rolls a 6, for a total of 10, while Modre again rolls a 1, for a total of 10. Again, because the rolls are the same, the attack only does half damage, inflicting one stun. Modre now has two points of stun (which Modre has no absorption protection against.)
• On the third attack in the combo, the clone rolls a 4, for a total of 8. Modre rolls a 2, for a total of 9. Because 9 is higher than 8, the clone's third attack misses.

5. Modre's Second Turn

It is Modre's turn again, and the beginning of the second combat round.

At the beginning of Modre's turn, he discards a stun point, which still leaves him with 1 stun. However because he has no damage and this one stun is not greater than his health/2, the stun from this combat round is not slowing him down yet. However, Modre decides to wait and counter attack (on the Clone's turn.)

6. The Clone's Second Turn

The clone decides to do a flanking attack to Modre, giving the clone an extra +1 to his usual +4 combat bonus (for a total of +5.) The clone rolls a 5, for a total combat roll of 10.

Modre has his usual power of +3 and combat bonus of +7, and rolls a 4 (for a total of 11.) Because 11 is greater than 10, Modre's attack is actually successful instead of the Clone's attack, even though it's the clone's turn. Because Modre's Ice Blade's sharpnes is 2/3, the clone gets 2 damage and 1 stun from the power (+3) of Modre's counter attack (which the Clone has no absorption protection against.)

7. Third round and beyond

The players continue taking turns controlling their characters in the same order until one side gives up or is unable to fight back even after recovering stun. Modre is intent on destroying the Clone so the fight will only end when the clone's damage is greater than or equal to the Clone's health.