Mass Combat

Game Mechanics

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Stage One, Initiative

• Characters act in order of their Dexterity. Tied characters act simultaneously.

Stage Two: Character Actions

• Character attempts to resist frenzy (Self-Control/Instinct roll, only one success required).
• Player rolls to avoid mishaps (Dexterity + Athletics, difficulty 6, one success required).
• Player specifies a number of actions up to her Dexterity score.

Stage Three: Character Action Resolution

• Player makes attack roll as appropriate.
• One mortal opponant dies or flees battle for each success in the attack roll.
• Two mortal opponants die or flee battle for each point of an appropriate Discipline used.

Stage Four: Counterattack

• Storyteller rolls 5 dice (difficulty 6) for a mortal counter attack against a Cainite.
• If all five dice are successes, the Cainite is staked and/or driven into torpor.
• For every success, roll two damage dice. Every third point of damage inflicted is aggravated. Others are lethal.
• The Cainite may soak the damage, but he cannot dodge.

(DA;V ST Companion, p.69)