Running Combat Turns 🎲

Combat proceeds in active turns. The active turn is displayed in the main header: "Turn [TurnNumber] - [Active Fighter]".

During a turn, the attacking fighter executes their attack sequence:

1. Click Roll: This rolls the two standard 2D6 combat dice:
   • Red Primary Dice: Represents the tens/primary value.
   • Purple Secondary Dice: Represents the units/secondary value.
2. Review Roll Outcomes:
   • Rolling doubles triggers a visual dice celebration (the dice bounce and glow)!
   • The results are instantly outputted to the Combat Journal (e.g., "Rolled 4 and 2").
3. Shift Adjustment / Shifting the Dice:
   • If the rolled numbers do not match your trained weapon maneuvers, you can use the Shift points of the fighter whose turn it is to nudge the dice up or down.
   • Use the shift buttons (arrow controls) next to each die to increment or decrement the active values.
   • The interface tracks your remaining shift pool dynamically. Each point used reduces the Shift Left counter.
   • The Shift Left counter follows the active fighter: the adventurer's Shift on their turn, the creature's SH on its turn. Ending a turn replenishes the pool to the incoming fighter's own allowance.
   • If you make a mistake, click the Reset button to return the dice to their original rolled values.
4. Select a Maneuver:
   • Compare the final adjusted primary and secondary dice results to the active fighter's list of maneuvers to see what attack hits.
5. Roll Damage:
   • On a successful hit, click Roll 1D6 or Roll 2D6 in the Damage panel to determine damage.
   • The system rolls the damage dice and displays them visually.
6. Apply Damage & Update HP:
   • Manually deduct the damage from the defender's HP in their card.
7. Click End Turn:
   • Click the prominent End Turn button to pass the action to the defender.
   • The active fighter toggles.
   • The Shift Left counter is replenished to the incoming fighter's own Shift allowance.
   • When the action returns to the first fighter, the turn counter increments and fatigue is recalculated.

As turns pile up, see how Fatigue & Shift Adjustment changes the odds.