Turn Sequence

• ordered by Basic Speed then DX
• lasts 1 second

Maneuvers

Choose 1 maneuver each turn

Aim

If followed by attack on same target:

• Add weapon's Acc to skill
• +1 for 2 seconds or aim
• +2 for 3 seconds
• Add other weapon bonuses (laser scope)
  • Never surpasses 2*Acc

Move a step Any active defense cancels If injured make a Will roll or lose Aim

All-Out Attack

• Move 1/2, only forward
• No active defenses until next turn

Melee

• Determined: Single attack +4 to hit
• Double: Make two attacks vs 1 foe. Need either:
  • 2 readied weapons (-4 penalty off hand)
  • 1 weapon that doesn't unready
• Feint: 1 Feint and 1 attack. Feint does not apply to next turn
• Strong: +2 dmg or +1 dmg/die muscle based

Ranged

• Determined: +1 to hit
• Suppression Fire: Spray with automatic fire. Requires:
  • RoF 5+
  • See Suppression Fire p410

All-Out Defense

Move a step. Unless Increased Dodge move 1/2

• Increased Defense: +2 one of D,P,B until next turn
• Double Defense: Apply 2 active defenses against same attack.
  • If you fail the defense roll, try a second
  • Can try to parry with each hand as different defense

Attack

move 1 step before or after.

Change Posture

• Lying to Standing requires 2 CP
• Kneeling to Standing can be step in another maneuver

Concentrate

Concentrate on a mental task

• Defense, knockdown, injury or distraction requires Will-3.

Do Nothing

• May defend unless stunned or surprised
• Stunned or Surprised characters must take this maneuver
• Recovery from Stun HT or IQ roll. Recovers at end of turn.

Evaluate

• Foe close enough for a Move and Attack maneuver
• +1 to skill for Attack, Feint, AOA, MnA on next turn
• Can accumulate +3 for 3 turns

Feint

Fake a melee attack

• Not an attack. Doesn't Unready weapon.
• Foe may roll Melee Weapon, unarmed combat, Cloak, Shield or DX.
• Subtract (YourRoll - FoeRoll) from Foe's active defence on next turn.

Move and Attack

• Ranged attack penalty = Max(2, WeaponBulkRating)
• Melee flat -4 penalty and adjusted skill capped at 9
• You can only dodge or block

Ready

• Pick up, draw, prepare use, regain control of Unreadided weapon, adjust the reach of long weapon
• Physical action other than fighting
• Can Step and Defend

Wait

Transform into Att, Feint, AoA or Ready

Movement

• hex is 1yd

Movement Cot

• Sidestep/Backstep: 2p/hex

Posture

• Crouching: +1/2p/hex
• Kneeling,Crawling: +2p/hex
• Lying: All move for 1 hex
• Sitting: No move

Facing Changes

• +1 per hex-side of change
• Change facing free if moved < 1/2*Move, or 1 hex-side if >

Running

• Sprinting adds 20% Move after one second.
• Need to declare a switch to high-speed mode at end of any turn after a maneuver that has move
  • Can accelerate/decelerate Move every turn
    • DX+3 to decelerate Move*2 or trip
• Can take only Move and MnA maneuvers
• Can only turn 60degrees after moving Move
  • DX+3 to change direction before minimum Move or trip

Obstructions

• Minor (ally, body on ground): +1p
• Severe obstruction (several bodies, barricade): bypass or jump p352
• Enemy (see Moving through other below)

Terrain

• Stairs, Treacherous (mud, waxed floors), Shallow water: +1p/hex
• Deeper water: all move for 1 hex

Step

• 1 yd for move 1-10, 2 yd for move 11-20
• Turn to face different direction

Moving Through others

If Foe is blocking path

• Evading: QC DX. success if foe does not try to block
  • -5 if foe is standing up
  • -2 if kneeling
  • +2 if approaching from side
  • +5 behind or lying down

Attacking

• Hit location see p398

Hitting Weapons p400

• -5 hit "C" weapon, or pistol
• -4 melee weapon reach 1, medium-sized firearm
• -3 melee reach 2+, rifle
• Open to dodge or parry (with same weapon)

Knocking a weapon away

• extra -2, only weapons that parry
• QC of weapon skill or ST. Opponent uses DX if missile weapon
• If works, weapon flies in random dir 1yd
• Critical failure makes you be disarmed

Breaking a weapon

• Weight and composition = DR, HP. See damage to objects p483

Melee

Base skill with weapon + maneuver, posture, situation, visibility mods. see p547 for Melee att mods

• Deceptive Attack: take -2 penalty to give -1 penalty to foe's defense
• Rapid Strike: make 2 attacks at -6

Unarmed

• Striking skills: Boxing, Brawling, Karate
• Grappling skills: Judo, Wrestling
• See p379 Hurting yourself attacking armor

Grabbing Foe's Weapon or something held:

• Attack action (Need empty hand) DX/Grappling -4 (hit hand)
• If hit, Regular Contest on ST, win seizes weapon, loss loses hold.

Grappling foe's body

• Attack, AoA, MnA with empty hand DX/Grappling (+2 if 2 arms), Can Evaluate or Feint, foe defends normally.
• If hit. -4 DX & can't move (unless 2 sizes bigger)
• If target other than torso, use hit location penalty / 2

Action in grapple

• Takedown
  • QC Max(ST, DX)/Grappling
  • When grappling, win drops victing in own hex or adjacent
  • When being grappled, win removes grip
  • Losing reverse the effects
• Pin foe on the ground while grappling torso.
  • RC ST (+3 fighter with most free hands)
  • win makes foe pinned and helpless

Slam

• A,AoA,MnA {DX, Brawling, Shield} (-4 MnA penalty levied), body is heavy weapon, foe defends normally (see parrying heavy weapons p376)
• If dodged you move 2 yd past him (if had enough move)
  • If you hit someone else, they can defend normally
• If hit, trade crushing dmg HP*NumMovedYdsThisTurn/100
  • Fractions are penalties in 1D (up to 0.25 is 1D-3, up to 0.5 is 1D-2)
• If your dmg >= foe's, he makes DX (unless ydmg > 2*fdmg) or fall.

Shove

• {DX, Wrestling} hit, normal defenses.
• Knockback = dmg * 2, no damage (-1 per die if 1 hand)

Ranged

To Hit

• Base
• Acc(if aim)
• Size Mod (SM) p19
• Target Range and Speed p550
• Circumstantial (rapid fire, movement, darkness, cover etc). p548
• Can Dodge. Can parry and block if thrown weapon. (+5 success with unarmed parry catches it)

Cover

• Target Location that is not covered with the penalty, or
• Roll randomly for hit location with no penalty and maybe hit cover
• Ignore cover and hit through it

Rapid Fire

• every full multiple of of Rcl you make in your attack roll scores an extra hit. Unless close stationary target (takes all hits)

Shotguns and multiple projectiles

• if > 10% of 1/2D, Calculate RoF from the second number
• if < 10% of 1/2D, Multiply dmg and DR by 1/2 RoF

Reloading and Shots

• Time to reload in parenthesis next to weapon shots
• Number of hits = ceil(marginOfSuccess/Rcl)

Hitting wrong targets

• Firing through occupied hex: -4 penalty for each person in the way
  • if passes along a line between 2 hexes, no penalty unless both occupied
• If miss. Roll for each target on the way until hit someone

Opportunity Fire

• Watch a line for anyone at -2
• watch adjacent hexes at penalty: hexes/2
  • no target discrimination
• Suppression Fire is swath of 3 yards to the center of the area you declare for X shots

Defending

• Critical hits allow no defense

Injury mods

• Stun -4
• Shock 0 see Effects on Injury p380

Shield mods

• Readied Shield +DB to Dodge, Parry or Block against muscle based
  • Attack must be from front or shield side
• DB
  • 1 for improvised shields
  • 2 for medium shield or heavy cloak
  • 3 large shield or force shield

Defending from Side/Back

• -2 from side
• Only block/parry from side wielding weapon/shield
• No Defense from back

Dodge

Basic Speed +3 - encumbrance

• Rapid fire extra hits dodged = MoS
• Acrobatic dodge: Roll Acrobatics for +-2 to Dodge
• Sacrficial Dodge if 1 Step away
  • Announce before friend's defense roll
• Vehicular Dodge: replace Basic Speed +3 with 1/2 operator skill

Blocking

Roll 3 + {Shield, Cloak}. Must be ready. Once per turn

Parrying

3 + WeaponSkill/2, melee, thrown or within reach missile. -2 if off-hand.

• -4 (-2 fencing weapons) to each subsequence parry attempt with same weapond. Using 2 separate weapons for parry needs AoD.
• -1 for thrown, -2 small thrown (knives, shuriken)
• Parrying Unarmed attacks: roll hit, no defense roll. dmg to limb
• Max parried weapon weight: BL one-hand, 2*BL two hands.
  • Attempting will drop your weapon
• Improvised weapons parry considered "cheap" for breakage
• Unarmed Parry: {Boxing,Brawling,Judo,Karate,DX} or 2hand Wrestling
  • Against weapons: -3 parry unless thr weap. If hit, foe choose arm or original target

Active Defense Options

Retreat against Melee

• Added for free to any active defense.
• Take Step back.
• +3 Dodge or +1 Block or parry vs all attacks from 1 foe.
• Step happens while foe attacks
• Only once per turn

Dodge and Drop

+3 do Dodge

• Any cover added does not count agains initial attack

Diving for Cover

Attempt Dodge and Drop to a nearby cover or distance from blast

Damage and Injury

Dmg = BasicDmg - DR/ArDiv

• Cut, crush, impale and piercing can dmg without penetrating p379
  • 1HP for every 10 BasicDmg (5 if crushing)
• Minimum 1 BasicDmg (0 for crushing)
• Unarmed attacks hit yourself for DR3+ = 1crush/5BasicDmg

Knockback

Crushing or cutting (if not penetrating DR) dmg only.

• yards = BasicDmg/(TargetST-2)
• Roll {DX,Acrobatics,Judo} - (yards-1), or fall down
  • if something in the way, collide with speed = yards. p430

Wounding Mods and Injury

Multiply penetrating damage by if living being:

Abbreviation	Type	Mod
burn	burning	1
cor	corrosion	1
cr	crushing	1
cut	cutting	1.5
fat	fatigue	1
imp	impaling	2
pi-	small piercing	0.5
pi	piercing	1
pi+	large piercing	1.5
pi++	huge piercing	2
spec.	special – see weapon notes	1
tox	toxic	1

Effects of Injury

• 1/3 HP: ceil(BasSpeed/2) and ceil(Move/2)
• 0 or lower: roll HT each turn to stay conscious
  • See recovering from Unsconsciousness p423
• for every negative multiple of HP, make HT roll to avoid death.
  • Die automatically at -5*HP
• Shock: Min(-1*lostHP, -4) penalty to DX,IQ and skills based on them on *next turn ony
• Major Wounds: 1/2HP, HT roll or stun+knock down. see p420
  • Failure by +5 pass out.

Critical Hits and Misses

• Critical hits most of the time give no extra damage
• Critical success on defense rolls makes a Critical Miss on attacker (if melee) See p556 for tables

Other Actions in Combat

Readying Weapons and Gear

• Need DX roll to ready weapon in close combat.
• Items in: Holster, scabbard, belt, pack, floor (if kneeling), table..
• If stand still: table, wall rack in reach (normally 1 yd)
• Another person holding item out to you (he must take Ready maneuver on his turn)
• Readying Shield or Cloak: DB ready maneuvers required

Long actions

Action	Time
Pick up a heavy object in one hand (weight up to 2xBL)	2s
Pick up a heavy object in two hands (weight up to 8xjBL)	4s
Open an unlocked box, briefcase, chest, door, etc.	1s
Find a loose item in a box, briefcase, pack, etc. (if it’s not hidden)	2d s
Find an item in your own pocket	1d s
Write a brief note	5 s/sentence
Read a brief note	2 s/sentence
Swallow a pill or potion	2s
Light a candle, cigarette, fuse, match, torch, etc.	2s
Replace a weapon in its scabbard, drop a small item into pocket	2s
Search an unresisting person fairly thoroughly	1min
Put on a suit of armor	3s/piece (30 for vacc)

Close Combat

• Need DX roll to ready weapon
• Shields give DB penalty to attacks for the wearer
• Only Weapons with a "C" work

Surprise

• Total surprise: 1d turns "Do Nothing". IQ roll every turn to go normal in the following turn
  • When surprised and not expecting trouble
• Partial surprise: each turn roll IQ (+1*turn) to snap out.
  • both parties surprised: 1d contest roll between leaders
  • +2 if leader with combat reflexes (+1 if someone else)
  • +1 leader that has higher IQ
  • -2 if leaderless

Visibility

• Attacker blind: Hearing-2 to pinpoint hex, or attack random hex. -10 attack roll
• Attacker's foe invisible: -4 attack roll
• Defender can't see attacker, but knows it is being attacked: -4 dodge
  • Hearing-2 to parry or block

Hit Location

Roll	Location	Mod	Wnd mod	Notes
–	Eye	-9	-	HP/10 dmg blinds, or DR2
3-4	Skull	-7	x4	DR2, crits p556, knd -10
5	Face	-5	corx1.5	major wnd blinds, crits p556, knd -5
6-7	Right Leg	-2	pi+,pi++,im x1	HP/2 cripples, extra dmg lost
8	Right Arm	-2	pi+,pi++,im x1	HP/2 cripples, extra dmg lost
9-10	Torso	0	-	-
11	Groin	-3	-	x2 shock (up to -8) to males
12	Left Arm	-2	pi+,pi++,im x1	HP/2 cripples, extra dmg lost
13-14	Left Leg	-2	pi+,pi++,im x1	HP/2 cripples, extra dmg lost
15	Hand	-4	-	HP/3 cripples
16	Foot	-4	-	HP/3 cripples
17-18	Neck	-5	cr,cor x1.5, cut x2
–	Vitals	-3	im,pix x3

Special Damage

Mounted Combat p397

Flying combat p398

Combat examples

http://www.themook.net/rpg/examples/melee/index.php?id=one-basic