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Combat Engagement

• At the start of combat, all participating parties are split into three categories: ENGAGING, ENGAGED, and NPCs/FRIENDLIES.
• The ENGAGING party always goes before the ENGAGED party.
• NPCs/FRIENDLIES are always last in the turn order.
• The status of each party is determined by the associating conditions of the scene.
• Typically, the party that first opens fire is considered the ENGAGING party.
• If both parties are on an equal footing, an admin or player will flip a coin to determine which party is considered the ENGAGING party.

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Attacking in Combat

• When attacking, players will roll a D20 die.
• A 10 or ABOVE is considered successful.
• Anything BELOW 10 is considered a failure.
• If a player rolls a CRITICAL SUCCESS (20), they will deal the maximum possible damage plus an additional damage die.
• Example: A weapon with a damage roll of 1D8 will now roll 2D8 and deal 16HP worth of damage.
• If a player rolls a CRITICAL FAILURE (1), their character will suffer a large amount of damage and a potentially embarrassing failure.
• Such failures include a weapon jamming or being put in mortal jeopardy due to an obvious oversight.
• Combat continues until one party is left standing (through death, surrender, etc.) or has successfully managed to flee from the encounter.

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Actions in Combat

• Action Points (AP) are universally used towards character actions in combat, such as firing a gun, bandaging a wound, or using an ability.
• Characters begin combat with a base of 6AP.
• Characters are able to store an additional 2AP at the end of each turn, for a maximum of 8AP.
• Character movement is tracked separately from other actions and does not utilize AP.
• Characters may move 6 tiles during their turn, measured using the game's furniture movement tool.
• The SPRINT ability doubles the amount of tiles a character may move during their turn, for a maximum of 12 tiles.
• Once the SPRINT ability has been used, it enters a cooldown period of 2 turns.
• Characters may only perform as many actions in a single turn as their AP allows.

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Mechanical Combat

• Mechanical Combat is combat that utilizes the existing combat mechanics in the game.
• Some events will feature mechanical combat against infected.
• If issues occur with infected popping in and out of existence, teleporting around, etc., stationary infected sprites will be used instead with the turn-based combat system.
• Players may use mechanical combat during PvP if all parties mutually agree.
• While engaging in PvP with mechanical combat, turn-based combat rules do not apply, nor do character and weapon abilities.
• Revives will not be given for deaths resulting from PvP with mechanical combat unless a rule infraction occured.

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