Combat Examples

 

Included here are several different examples of typical combat exchanges intended to provide reference for how different situations might unfold.

    Example: a successful attack with damage bonuses
  • A porcine with a two-handed war hammer (skill 16) declares a strong attack (+2) and rolls an 8, for a total of 26.
  • A defender with a hand axe (skill 14) an off-hand hand axe (skill 12) and chain armour (skill 16) has a few options:
    • block with the hand axe (14-2=12),
    • block with the off-hand hand axe (12-1=11) or,
    • dodge in bulky chain armour (16-1=15)
  • The defender’s best chance is a dodge, and they roll a 10, yielding a total of 25 - not enough to win the Versus Challenge.
  • A war hammer does a devastating 2d6+2 damage with a strong attack.
  • The porcine rolls 13. Porcine do +1 to damage, and a 15 skill grants an additional +1. Total damage = 15.
  • The defender’s chain armour has a Protection of 4, so the defender takes 11 damage.

    Example: a successful counterstrike
  • An attacker with a short sword (skill 15) declares a fast attack (+1) and rolls a 10, for a total of 26
  • A halfling defender chooses to counterstrike using their hand axe (skill 17)
  • The halfling rolls to block the fast attack with their hand axe, adjusted by -4 for the counterstrike (17+1-4=14)
  • The halfling rolls a 14 for a total of (14+14=28), winning the vsC and landing a counterstrike against the attacker.
  • The halfling defender rolls fast attack damage for a counterstrike with a hand axe (2d3)
  • The halfling rolls a total of 4, but halfings do -1 damage, so damage is only 3.
  • The attacker is unarmoured and so takes 3 damage.
  • If the halfling had lost the Challenge, the attacker would have done the maximum damage for a fast attack with a short sword (1d6+1=7).

    Example: a surprise attack leading to a minor critical
  • A tauran attacker with a battle axe (skill 16) declares a strong attack (+1)
  • The opponent is unaware, so this is a 21 Challenge, and the tauran attacker gets +10 to hit with a melee weapon
  • The attacker rolls 14, for a total of (16+1+10+14=41), which is 36 or higher - so it’s a Minor Critical.
  • A battle axe does 2d8-1 damage with a strong attack. The attacker rolls a 10, and gets +1 for being a tauran and additional +1 for their 16 skill for a total of 12.
  • Because it is a minor critical, the attacker adds their maximum damage (15) to their roll.
  • The unarmoured target takes 27 damage.

    Example: a tied Versus Challenge while attacking blind
  • The player is fighting a Giant Spider in a pitch black room.
  • The player must roll a 21 Challenge using Alertness (12) at -5 in order to have a sense of where the Spider is.
  • The player rolls a 15 for a total of (15+12-5=22) meaning they hear the Spider and can attempt an attack at -6.
  • Player uses their Rapier (skill 16) and declares a fast attack (+2), and rolls a 13 for a total of (16+2+13-6=25).
  • The Giant Spider can see in the dark, so has no penalty. Its dodge is 13, and it rolls a 12 for a total of 25.
  • Tie goes to the player, so the player wins the vsC. They roll 3d3+1 and add one for their 16 skill, for a total of 8 damage against the Spider.
  • The Giant Spider’s exoskeleton has a Protection of 5, so it takes 3 damage.

    Example: a successful ready attack, a Minor Critical, and a failed 21 Challenge to remain conscious
  • A canis player with a short bow (skill 18) is being rushed by an enemy in chain armour (skill 12) who is 19 hexes away.
  • The enemy's sprint, using their Base Move of 7 as their basic action, and then again as their combat action, closes the gap to 5 hexes.
  • If the enemy was 1 hex closer, they would be inside Min Range for a short bow ready attack (4 hexes), preventing it.
  • The player readies their short bow as their basic action and fires as their combat action, rolling a 17 for a total of (18-1+17=34)
  • The enemy tries to dodge rolling a 9 for a total of (12-3+9=18). Player hits by 15 or more resulting in a Minor Critical.
  • The short bow does 2d8 with a ready attack. The player rolls an 8, and gets +2 for their 18 skill.
  • Because it is a Minor Critical, the player adds their maximum damage to their roll. Total damage is (8+2+18=28)
  • Chain armour offers 4 Protection, so the enemy takes 24 damage
  • The enemy has 20 Health, so is reduced to -4 and must roll a 21 Challenge using their Stability of 12 at a penalty of -4 to remain conscious.
  • The enemy rolls a 12 for a total of (12+12-4 = 20), failing their 21C using Stability and falling unconscious.

    Example: a bulwark that prevents a critical
  • A tauran with a medium shield (skill 17) and the Bulwark skill (15) declares his intention to Bulwark to protect a halfling companion in an adjacent hex.
  • The tauran rolls their Bulwark skill and gets a 12 for a total of 27, granting 7 additonal unpenalized blocks to protect himself and up to 4 adjacent allies
  • A hobgoblin brute attacks the halfling using a strong attack with his mace (effective skill 17) and rolls a 19 for a total of 36.
  • The tauran chooses to attempt to block this attack, and rolls a 10, for an effective defense of (17+2+10 = 29). The block is unsuccessful.
  • The halfling can also defend and attempts to dodge using an Unarmoured skill of 12. They roll a 4, for a defense of (12+3+4 = 19).
  • The best defense roll is the one that counts. Even though the block fails, the result of 29 prevents what would otherwise have been a minor critical.