Combat

Many adventures use combat as a primary, or at least secondary means of resolving conflict. This section details how characters do combat in Swords of Infinity either with swords or words.

Rounds and Turns

Combat is broken down into rounds and turns, with each participant in combat getting two actions per turn, and a round becoming complete after all participants have had a turn. This phased approach to keeping order during conflict is referred to as Tactical Time, and is a useful tool for whenever Storytellers need their players to pay special attention to the order of events or to simulate limited time in the story.

Initiative

Initiative is the order in which Encounter participants take their turns, and figuring out everyone's initiative score is always the first step when using Tactical Time. When Tactical Time begins, all players should roll a Dexterity limited Power roll (increased by any specialization in Initiative) and the Storyteller should make a similar roll for every non-player participant in the Encounter. All of these numbers should then be recorded in descending order, with the highest number going first.

Defending

Resistance

Physical

Highest of S or D + V

Mental

Highest of A or I + P

Taking Damage

Consequences of Damage

Damage Thresholds

• Damage past vitality = wounded
• Damage double vitality = disabled

Wounded

• -10 penalty for each wound

Disabled

• -1 action for each disabled