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Plain Fighting
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Fighting Styles
With Plain Fighting you're simply doing whatever is easiest, making
attacks of opportunity, and keeping up a good defense. The
disadvantage of Plain Fighting is that you can sometimes be
caught off balance by a more daring and ferocious attack (see All
Out Attack).
Also - Fencing, Taking a rest, Contending, Keeping the pace,
Keeping her at bay, Ta king her measure, or Sizing her up.
All Out Attack
In an All Out Attack you throw caution to the wind and go for the
most damage you can inflict. The problem is that you're basically
defenseless, and if your opponent is much better than you,
probably in a lot of trouble.
Also- Going for It, Raining blows, Going all out, Full committal,
Berserk, or Frenzy.
Full Defense
When choosing Full Defense, an Actor is concentrating solely on
keeping her character alive and uninjured. With this type of fighting
the character will be very hard to hurt, but then again, she won't be
accomplishing much else.
Also- Giving ground, All out defense, Parry, Block, or Dodge.
Trickery
When engaging in Trickery your hoping to somehow unbalance
your opponent into either giving you an opening for an attack, or
allowing you to escape. Trickery is always dangerous, because if it
fails you'll often find that you're the one who has been unbalanced.
Also- Feint, Hand switch, Throw sand in the eyes, Sleight of hand,
Hidden weapon, Bluffing, or Playing Dead.
HANDGUNS
Easy
Normal
Difficult
Typical Combat Difficulties
Shooting a torso-sized target at a range of 20 feet,
with plenty of time to aim and no pressure.
Hitting a torso-sized target at a range of 20 feet,
taking one second to aim.
Taking a snap shot at a moving man-sized target
at 40 feet.
Extraordinary An offhand quick draw and snap shot, at a fast
moving man at 60 feet.
Impossible
FENCING
Easy
Normal
Difficult
A quick draw, attempting to hit an opponent in the
head, while dodging, at a range of 150 feet.
A quick thrust to the midsection, or a strong beat
against the opponent's blade.
A measured attack to create an opening, followed
by a quick riposte to take the advantage.
A feint used to draw the opponent in, followed by
an unguarded thrust against the opening created.
Extraordinary Disarming the opponent with a twist of your blade.
Impossible Removing a button from your opponent's tunic.
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Damage Types
Blunt -This is the kind of damage that someone receives when
they're hit by an attack that is not designed to pierce the skin.
Edged-This kind of an attack is designed to cut the skin, exposing
internal organs, and causing significant bleeding.
Burn -This kind of damage comes from open flames primarily, but
could also be the result of exposure to acid, or freezing cold (i.e.,
freezer burn).
Blast/Fall -This kind of damage is defined by Blunt trauma that
covers more than half of the body. This type of damage is often
accompanied by another.
Penetrating -This type of damage causes particularly deep
wounds. It is different from Edged damage in that a smaller surface
Wound Levels
Unhurt -The character is uninjured and fine.
Also - Fit as a fiddle, Feeling fine, or Doing great.
Bruised -The character has been injured in an unfriendly, but not
terribly inconvenient way. You might penalize the Actor by raising
the Difficulty of some actions.
Also - Scratched, Winded, Flesh wound, or 'I've had worse!'
Light Wounds - An injury of this severity will slow the character's
movement speed down if in a leg, or will impair an arm. Such a
wound may cause a momentary lapse of balance if aimed at the
head. Such a wound may be used to adjudicate Failures.
Also- On the rocks, Road rash, Gash, Muscle tear, or Grazed.
Battered- An injury of this level will slow the character to about
half movement if in a leg, or greatly impede an arm. This severity of
wound will get in the way during any athletic endeavor. Such a
wound to the head may briefly knock a character unconscious (a
few seconds will do). Any quick or uncalculated use of the af flicted
body part in an action is begging for Failure.
Also - Sprained, Shot, or Serious Bleeding.
Grievous - Movement will be decreased to a slow walk at best if
wounded in a leg, and an arm may become totally dysfunctional.
An injury of this level to the body will be bleed, and will make any
athletic endeavor very difficult. Such a head injury generally results
in brief unconsciousness (several minutes), and may cause
whiplash, or even a concussion. This injury will probably require
immediate medical attention.
Also-That's Golla Hurt, 'No sir, I didn't like it.', Broken leg,
Cracked rib, or Internal bleeding.
Incapacitated - Almost all wounds this serious involve the entire
body, be it several wounds leading to Incapacitation, one wound
that restllts in serious blood loss, or a single massive trauma.
Movement at this point is close to impossible.
Also- 'Well, at least you've still got your teeth.', 'I'd rather not look.',
or 'I hate it when that happens.'
Dead- If the character doesn't get immediate expert medical
attention, she'll soon be dead. Oh, and as for movement, just forget
about it.
Also- Blown to bits, Cut in half, 'Hope your next life goes better.',
Please consult the Theatrix 'Core Rules' for complete information