Designers note: For King's Angels campaign I'm using a hybrid system, with strong influences from wargame and skirmish table-top games with depth of classic RPG. In a way campaign is huge test bed for system which incorporates classic small-scale combat of RPG, vehicle based combat which includes aircraft and tanks. Ambitious, i know. But how dares - wins.
Close
combat on modern battlefield is rare, but not uncommon. There are plenty of situation when fistfights or melee occur. In the game terms close combat is comprised of
following parts:
Determine
order of combat by passing Combat Initiative test, if not available
take Active Agility test.
Plan
your action and distribute your Action Points between available combat options
on CQC card
Reveal
your actions.
Determine
who wins the round by passing Opposed Skill test
Combat resolution: establish
how round of combat was resolved: successful attacks, defence, evades, their effects
and damage.
Resolve damage, and determine
next step.
Lets
see in more detail into how it works.
1. Order of Combat.
Skill Combat Initiative describes characters ability to understand and react on changing battle field situation. As a rules of thumb: the fastest goes first, strikes first and shoots first. For more complex situations which include vehicles, ranged combat and melee GM determines initiative in order from fastest to slowest, starting with high speed vehicles, like aircraft, then goes to ground ranged combat, finishing with close combat. Note that certain skills may modify this order.
2. Plan you round.
Each player is issued with CQC card, where he/she distributes AP of character between actions: Attack, Defence, Feint, Disarm, Evade and Control. Each action has three types: Basic -1 AP, Deliberate 3 AP or Special - all AP. If character has not spent all of his AP they are lost. Types of actions describe how much effort character is putting into his actions.
2.1. Negating order for types of actions.
- Special
action beats all other actions against opponent(s) if you win the
round of combat. Some skills may modify this statement.
- Deliberate
action cancels opponent's three Basic or one Deliberate actions if
you win round of combat.
- Basic
action cancels one Basic opponent's actions if you win round. There
basic actions are required to cancel one Deliberate action, if you
win round of combat.
2.2 Actions in detail
Attack: Jabs,
thrusts, punches, slashes, hits, bites, stabs with fist, legs or
knife and other similar activity including use of firearms. Each successful attack
reduces opponent's AP by Strength of the attacker. Successful attacks with weapons like knifes and guns will require opponent to take Resistance or Armour save.
Defence: Blocks, dives and other defencive actions to protect your weak spots. Each Defencive
action cancels an Attack (see types for detail) if you win round of combat. Each Basic Defencive action retains 1 AP from your pool of action points for next round if you lose current round of combat. Deliberate retains 2 AP. Special: 3 AP.
Feint: Faking
or deceiving moves to confuse your opponent and understand his combat style. If you win or lose round of combat add bonus to your Close Combat Skill for duration of the fight with this opponent. Each uncancelled Basic Feint adds +1 to your Close Combat Skill. Deliberate: +2 your Close Combat Skill. Special: +3 your Close Combat Skill. Feint may be negated only by opponent's Feint.
Disarm: Attempting
to grab knife or firearm from opponent's hands to use it for greater
good of humanity. If you win the fight you choose to take any one the
weapon from opponent's quick slots. Disarm may be negated by Evade only.
Evade: Instead
of taking hits and grabs you avoid it. If you win round of
combat then you may negate opponent's Attacks, Disarm or Control, as
they hit the air. See negating by types for detail. Alternatively you may disengage from combat by
having at least one uncancelled Evade action and winning the round.
Control: Instead
of damaging opponent and reducing his AP you try to gain control over
him. If you win round, during next round opponent will come under
your control, and will do your bidding. However you remain locked in combat, and in the next round enemy will try win to get out of you choke by trying to win the round. Controlled
enemy does not lose any AP, but you may change his
or her movement and position. To retain control over enemy, you must win the round and have at least one uncancelled Control action.
3. Reveal your actions:
After
you mark your action of combat sheet, you reveal it to GM or
opponent in order of combat starting from highest to lowest.
4. Determine who wins the round by passing Opposed Skill test.
Consult Opposed test table for the number required to succeed and roll your d12 and/or other dice.
- If
all combatants successfully pass Opposed test, then round is won by
highest number of successes. In case of draw highest
Close Combat skill wins. In case of another draw highest Agility
wins. In case of another annoying draw – roll off d12. Highest
result wins.
- If
Opposed test is failed, no Attacks reach target and no Evade has
been made. Defencive actions still block opponent's Attacks. Feint
is unaffected.
- Don't roll "1" or Critical
Fail means opponent(s) automatically wins the round and all his
actions are unopposed. No Attacks, Defence, Evade or Feints actions
is made. If dice pool has more than one dice, Critical Fail may be negated by players Critical Success on other dice.
- Do roll "12" or Critical Success automatically wins round. In case of Critical Successes on both sides highest number of successes wins. in case of a draw - highest skill wins. In case of another annoying draw – roll off d12. Highest result wins. (subject to modification)
5. Combat resolution:
Establish how round of combat was resolved: successful attacks, defence, evades, their effects and damage.
6. Resolve damage, and determine next step.
Take Resistance test or Armour test if applicable, reduce AP or K-points and determine if combat ends or continues.
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