Melee Action – Versus

Armed or unarmed combat between two or more parties.

Prerequisites:

Must be within melee range of target

Cards:

• Low: 1 in Hand
• Mid: 1 in Hand, one Face Up
• High: 2 in Hand
• Expert: 3 in Hand

• Reach
  If one player has a longer reach weapon than the other, they get an additional face up card for each level of reach they have in excess of their opponent.

Results:
Win => 7: Maximum Damage
Win 5-6: Enhanced Damage
Win 2-4: Standard Damage
Win 1: Basic Damage

Withdraw:

• Preconditions
  Must be able to take step action
  Must have room to take step action
  Step Action must put minimum 1 square between an attacker
• Cost
  Buy-In Lost
  All Bets Lost
• Result
  Opponents no longer engaged are refunded wager
  Opponents no longer engaged are not refunded buy-in

Melee Weapon Table:

	Basic	Standard	Enhanced	Maximum	Reach
Unarmed	0B-2T	0B-5T	1B-10T	4B-25T	0
Sm Knife	2B	6B	4B	10B	1
Med Knife	4B	8B	10B	18B	1
Lg Knife	8B	10B	14B	24B	1
Sabre	10B	14B	24B	38B	2
Tomahawk*	8B	10B	14B	24B	1
Sm Club	4B-4T	5B-8T	7B-12T	12B-27T	1
Lg Club	5B-5T	7B-10T	12B-15T	18B-30T	2
Sm Blunt Obj	2B-3T	4B-6T	5B-11T	8B-26T	1
Med Blunt Obj	4B-4T	5B-8T	7B-12T	12B-24T	2
Large Blunt Obj	5B-5T	7B-10T	12B-15T	18B-13T	3

Sucker Punch / Sneak Attack

A character may also attempt a Sucker Punch or Sneak Attack. To do so, the parties involved must not already be in combat and any weapon used (Sneak Attack) must already be in the attacker’s hand and unobserved by the defender. Sucker punches are done unarmed.

To achieve the attack, the attacker makes a Care Check for highest possible value and the defender makes an Observation Check for highest possible value but cannot buy rerolls of unmatching life force values.

Resolution:

Attacker Win

• by 1: Attacker does Maximum Damage
• by 2: Attacker does Enhanced Damage
• by 3 or more: Attacker does Standard Damage

Attacker Loss

• by 1: Attack unsuccessful
• by 2: Defender hits attacker for Basic Damage
• by 3 or more: Defender hits attacker for Enhanced Damage