Rules for Violence. Combat and battle.

Design Goals

• Rapid combat system akin to wuxia films.
• Cinematic combat, brutal grounded xianxia. The Raid meets Naruto and The Untamed.
• Movement where hexes are a diegetic mode of measurement (roughly 3 meters). This means this can be used for hex grid combat, ruler-measurement like in wargames, gridless with a map, or theater of the mind.

The Dialectics Of Battle

1. Determine Want. What do all sides of the battle want?
2. Establish the Battlefield. The Judge determines the battlefield and any relevant terrain details. Then each Player also narrates any relevant terrain details.

Wheel of Sharp Blades

Battle is a Wheel, spinning inevitably to a conclusion.

When battle begins, we begin at Turn 1. Some Wants might require winning by a Turn number, or escaping by a Turn number, whatever it may be.

At Turn 1, one combatant from each side rolls to **Turn The Wheel—**they roll Agility + Awareness.

The combatant that rolls highest goes first. They may move (run, dash, climb, walk) up to their Speed and then Do Something. Anything within the span of two seconds.

After they Do Something, they must choose another combatant to goes next, one who hasn’t Done Something yet.

This goes on, with every new Combatant choosing someone new, until every combatant has Done Something.

After every combatant has Done Something, the Wheel must be turned again. Repeat the Turn The Wheel. After the first mover is established, begin Turn 2. And so on, until one of the sides have accomplished their Want, or something has changed the situation irrevocably past what it could be.

Movement

Before or after Doing Something, or even in between (splitting up their turn) a combatant can move up to 2 + Agility hexes.

Moving through difficult terrain costs +1 hex of movement.

Moving through dangerous terrain deals 1 penetrating hit per 1 hex of movement.

Moving into higher elevation costs +1 hex of movement per elevation difference.

You can climb and stop midway through a climb on your turn.

Do Something

Anything that makes sense within a 2 second span. Anything that might be contested or vague will require you to Roll The Bones. If you’re committing violence, you Commit Tremendous Violence.

Commit Tremendous Violence

If all things are empty, what is there to be killed? And who is there to kill?

When you attempt to deal harm with weapon or magick, you Commit Tremendous Violence.

First, choose your main weapon for the attack. As well as any martial art that fits it.

Light Melee weapons roll Body + Violence.

Heavy Melee weapons roll Body + Violence.

Light Ranged Weapons roll Agility + Finesse.

Heavy Ranged Weapons roll Body + Finesse.