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Chapter 10: Combat
Multiple Brawling Attacks
As indicated on the table entitled ‘Duration
of Action’, different forms of attack allow for a different
number of attacks to be made per round.
Agility and SP invested affect the number of Brawling
attacks per round. Strength may affect some
weapon attacks (see Chap. 9: Equipment).
Attacks occur according to the order of initiative.
However, if a foe was damaged prior to their
attack in this combat, then the damaged foe must
roll 1d100 and exceed a TH to be able to make future
attacks in the current round. The TH is equal
to a cumulative percent of their LP that was lost in
the current combat. If the check is failed, then the
damaged foe may not make their next attack in the
current round. This check is unnecessary if the foe
has not suffered 20% or more LP of damage in the
current combat.
For instance, 2 human characters named
Fulk and Roland begin Brawling with each other.
For the sake of simplicity with this example, Fulk
and Roland have sub-ability scores of 100, 20 LP
each, are the same height, neither are wearing armor,
and neither are skilled Brawlers. Fulk and
Roland each get 2 Brawling attacks per round.
For initiative, the player of Fulk rolls 51 and
76, while the player of Roland rolls 80 and 26. With
a higher initiative of 80, Roland strikes Fulk first.
Both players roll on the Brawling skill table for humans
in Chapter 8: Skills to see where their blows
land, if successful. Roland rolls a Brawling skill check
of 14, which is successful against Fulk’s CA 10. The
player of Roland rolled 77 on the Brawling table,
and Roland does an ‘Elbow to the Nose’ for 2d8
damage. The player of Roland rolls 6 for damage.
Thus, Fulk loses 30% of his LP.
The next highest initiative is 76, which belongs
to Fulk. However, to see if Fulk can attack
after taking 30% of LP in damage, he must pass a
TH of 30, rolling 1d100. The player of Fulk rolls
27, and so Fulk loses this attack.
The next highest initiative is 51, which still
belongs to Fulk. The player of Fulk rolls a 43 on
the Brawling table, indicating he attempts a ‘Fist to
Throat’. The player of Fulk rolls a Brawling skill
check of 21, which is successful against Roland’s CA
10. The player of Fulk rolls 1d12 damage for punching
Roland’s throat, and the result is 3 for damage.
Since this is less than 20% of the LP of Roland,
Roland is able automatically to perform his next attack.
The lowest initiative is 26, which belongs to
Roland. Consulting the Brawling table, the player
of Roland rolls 51, determining he will attempt ‘Fist
to Temple’ for 1d12 damage. The player of Roland
rolls a Brawling skill check of 22, which is successful
against Fulk’s CA 10. The player of Roland rolls 5
for damage, which is higher than 20% of Fulk’s initial
20 LP. Nonetheless, this does not extend into
the next round of initiatives and attacks, but if Fulk
is damaged in this future combat, then the damage
of the attack, when considered as a percent, will be
added to TH 55% (30% + 25%). However, if Fulk
loses less than 25% of his initial total LP, but greater
than or equal to 20%, then another check must be
made. If Fulk loses 25% or more, then he is rendered
unconscious.
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