Combat Results Table
Combat Ratio: Your Skill - Opponent's Skill.
| Result | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| You | K | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Opp | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | K |
Strength Checks: A successful Strength Check increases your effective
Skill by 1. A failed check reduces your effective Skill by 1.
Special Results: A "K" result means either the death of your
character or all your remaining foes. However, the text may include other special results
when you get a certain combat result. For example, a poisonous creature may inject poison
on any combat result of 4 or less. Or your opponent may have a weakness in it's defence,
resulting in it taking extra damage or even death when the combat result reaches or
exceeds a certain amount. This could even apply to specific combat results (eg you need to
get a combat result of "9" exactly to get the special result - this could
represent hitting the weakness in Achilles' heel).
During your adventure, you may also find special weapons which modify your skill and/or
damage against certain foes. Make a note of this on your character sheet, and don't forget
to apply the modifiers in combat (the text may remind you, then again, it may not).
Armour and Weapons: Armour and Weapons usually increase your character's
effective Skill. Some may have other effects instead/as well.
Fighting Multiple Opponents: If you are fighting multiple opponents, you
will see an entry like the one below:
Huntsman and 2 Dogs: Skill: 14/12/11 Life Points: 6/6/12.
This means that the skill of all three opponents combined is 14. When you kill one
opponent, it drops to 12, and the last foe has a skill of 11. The Life Points entry is for
each foe individually, so your first and second foes have 6 Life Points each, while your
third foe has 12. You must kill your foes in the order presented, unless otherwise
specified. If you kill an opponent by obtaining a damage result (some number between 1 and
7), then any remaining damage is not transferred to your next foe.
However, if you kill your opponent with a "K" result, all remaining foes in this
combat are also killed. You will only obtain a "K" result if your combat ratio
is 3 or more.