Close Combat
SkillVAE CORE · p.44
Open source p.44When fighting with melee weapons you use CLOSE COMBAT. By rolling more successes than required, you may:
- Increase the damage you inflict by 1. This effect can be chosen multiple times.
- Outmaneuver your enemy. You exchange initiative cards.
- Stress your enemy. Your attack causes mental Conditions rather than physical ones.
- Push the enemy into another zone or a specific part of the zone you are in.
- Make the enemy drop a weapon or item. Picking up an item during combat requires a fast action.
Sidebar: Resisting Attacks.
A character who is targeted by an attack or ambush, poisoned food, or an attempt at persuasion has a chance to resist or detect the assailant. AGILITY is used to evade physical attacks. VIGILANCE is used to detect someone sneaking up on you or slipping something into your pocket. In social situations where your character is passive, you use OBSERVATION.