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Here will be the official rules of combat for the entire guild thus far. Please look them over and feel free to ask me questions if you have any of them.

1. The order of turns in a round are determined by Spd. Whoever has the highest Spd goes first and so on and so forth until all turns are determined. If there is a tie at some point in the order of turns then roll a dice that accommodates all number of members involved in the Speed Tie and determined the order by whoever rolls highest number. ((Eg. If there are four people in a tie then everyone rolls a 4 sided dice. If there were thirty members who tied then everyone would roll a 100 sided dice.))

2. A "round" starts from the beginning of the first person's turn and ends at the end of the last person's turn. kind of like so:

Fastest combatant
2nd fastest combatant
3rd fastest combatant
4th fastest combatant
and so on and so forth, until everyone gets a turn.

3. A "turn" has phases that must go in order as so:

Standby phase = This is the phase you calculate all damage and remember all aura effects/variables pertaining to your character. Remember to change all stats and such in your posting styal to reflect your calculations. Also, don't forget to quote the everyone involved in the fight at this time during the post.

Main phase = You have a choice to do one thing out of these options:
Use a Strategic Item, Or
Use a Lethal Item, Or
Use a Misc. item, Or
Use a Healing Item, Or
Use an Ability/Skill, Or
Move one space on the battlefield, Or
Switch weapon, Or
Switch Dust, Or
Activate an Aura, Or
Do none of the above and skip to the Secondary phase

Secondary phase = This is the last phase of a turn. You have these options and then your turn has ended:
Reload ranged weapon, Or
Attack with a Melee Weapon, Or
Attack with a Ranged weapon, Or
Attack with an Aura, Or
Switch Weapon, Or
Switch Dust, Or
Attempt to run away, Or
Brace for impact and take half amount of damage for this round.

4. Damage is calculated by subtracting the difference of your opponent's Defense to your attack. Damage dealt = Opponent's Def - Your Atk


5. Attacks will do a minimum of 1 hit unless the Defense of your opponent is equal to your Attack plus half of it. ((Eg. You have an ATK of 20 while your opponent has a DEF of 30.))

6. Use of a self-supporting semblance will not take your whole turn, unless the description says otherwise.

7. Healing will always be determined by the Semblance's or Item's description.

8. Each Element has its own weaknesses and strengths. If the element of your attack is strong against the element of your opponent, then do 50% extra damage. Always round up.


9. Each Condition has its own effect and duration.


10. You "Black Out" If your HP has reaches 0 or lower. If your Blacked Out then you will be out of commission until you are "Revived" in mid battle, are "Healed" by someone after battle or Heal on your own after the battle ((4 post of you resting)). If you Black Out ten time in the rp then it's game over for that Character ((that way not everyone is so gun ho about diving into danger >; ) )). Black Outs only count for the r.i.p counter if you're Black Out at the end of a battle.

11. You can try to escape from battle. Successful escape rate = 50 × Your speed ÷ Enemy's speed. After you've done the math roll a hundred sided. Your escape rate will represent the numbers on the dice starting from 1 going up.



12.
When you start the battle with a ranged weapon you'll start at a distance from you opponent/s. Depending the weapon will determined how far you begin. The field spaces are laid out as so ((each end representing the oppose teams)) All melee users and short ranged weapons will start at 1, mid range weapon users will start at 2 and far range weapon users will start at the 3

You can not go any further than the spaces provided, for the battlefield is only so large and has boundaries ((So pretend there's a river, or a cliff, or something to that effect. Be imaginative.))

13.



All Melee wielders will start at the 1. These people may attack and be attacked right away.
This rule also applies to Short ranged weapon users as well.

14.
All ranged fighters will begin a fight on the battlefield according to the effective range of their weapon.



Here we see that I have an Assault rifle ((or some other Long ranged weapon)) while my opponent has a Revolver ((or some other Mid ranged weapon)). I would be able to shoot him right away since he/she is in my range but they would have to move one zone closer before they could shoot me. If he/she were able to get on the same zone as I then I wouldn't be able to shoot them anymore because I have a long ranged weapon while they still could hit me because of their mid ranged weapon, forcing me to move one zone away before I could shoot at them.

15. Everyone receives a penalty when fighting in the dark; unless they have Night Vision or something with the same effect. The penalty it that you add one extra number to the chances of you missing ((eg. with a normal attack your odds are now 1-2 3-6))

Dust attacks: Toss one 10 sided dice
Odd number= Failed attack
Even number= Successful attack
Any attack requiring dust, weather it be your ranged weapon, melee weapon or some other form of attack that uses dust.

Semblances ((Single/Multi/Terrain altering)): Semblances that effect a single opponent/ally, effect multiple opponents/allies, effect everyone in the immediate area or effects the conditions of the field of battle, Eg. create a sudden sandstorm or turn the floor to ice.

All of these semblances will take up the character's turn and involve a dice roll. Each semblance has its own duration, effect and dice roll results. Stat altering effects and conditional changes can stack on top of whatever stat altering or conditional changes are already in play.