The Five Basic of Every Combat Round With the exception of two skilled fighters using similar weapons or styles, combat is utter chaos. It’s ludicrous to believe that any set of game rules could begin to approach an accurate simulation of fights that range from barroom brawls to fantastic duels between archmages and dragons.

However, there has to be some way to resolve combat. In the Player’s Option combat system, battles are divided into combat rounds, and each round is divided into five basic steps. These steps are:

Step One: Monster Action Determination

Step Two: PC Action Declaration

Step Three: Initiative

Step Four: Resolution of Actions

Step Five: End-of-Round Resolution

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