Combat

OVERVIEW

Combat is an orchestrated series of Challenges which occur in chronological order - technically, it’s the most intricate kind of Challenge there is, because it’s a series of Challenges which determine what side of a conflict wins.

The basic flow of conflict resolution goes something like this:

STAGE	PURPOSE	REQUIRES
SURPRISE	Determine if any characters are surprised	Botched INITIATIVE roll
		Attacked by HIDDEN character
		Attacked while INCAPACITATED or INSENSATE
SHOCK	Give unsurprised characters 1 Momentum to spend	One or more SURPRISED characters
INITIATIVE	Determine who acts first	Combatants roll the Ability they will use for Initiative
ROUNDS	All combatants gain full MOMENTUM	Combatants take TURNS in descending Initiative order.
TURNS	Each combatant has a chance to MOVE	1 MOMENTUM provides full base MOVE rate.
	Each combatant has a chance to ACT	1 MOMENTUM provides 1 ACTION.
	Each combatant can REACT to others’ ACTIONS	1 MOMENTUM provides 1 REACTION.
	New ROUND begins	All combatants have acted.
END	Combat flow concludes	One or both sides are incapacitated or dead.