Combat

Combat occurs when characters engage creatures or non-player characters in battle. There are three phases of combat.

Phases

1. initiative - determines awareness and who goes first
2. action - participants perform non-combat and combat actions; repeats until disengage phase
3. disengage - combat is over when enemies are dead, have given up or fled, or the players die, give up, or flee.

Post-combat returns to normal gameplay and players may capture or loot enemies, etc.

Dealing Damage

Everything is determined from a single dice roll. If an attack is successful, the off-colored die determines damage amount (accounting for weapon level and other considerations) as well as hit placement.

Hit Placement

• 1 - left foot
• 2 - right foot
• 3 - left hand, weapon if present
• 4 - right hand, weapon if present
• 5 - left leg
• 6 - right leg
• 7 - left arm
• 8 - right arm
• 9 - torso or body
• 0 - head