.DT Tactics $MUDNAME$ Player Help Tactics .SH Name .SI 5 tactics - the options of combat .EI .SH Syntax .SI 5 tactics tactics attitude offensive|neutral|defensive tactics response dodge|neutral|parry tactics parry left|right|both [hand(s)] tactics parry unarmed .EI .SH Description .SP 5 5 There are a number of combat options that you can set to determine your tactics in a fight - you can change these settings at any time, even during the middle of a fight, to change your tactics. The first option is your attitude: you can be on the offensive (in which case you get a bonus to attacking, but a penalty to dodging and parrying), or on the defensive (in which case you get a bonus to dodging and parrying, but a penalty to attacking) or you can take a neutral attitude (in which case there are no bonuses or penalties). In dealing with an attack, you can choose your response: you can always dodge (dodging receives a bonus, but you won't attempt to parry) or you can always parry (parrying receives a bonus, but you won't attempt to dodge) or you can be neutral in your response (both dodging and parrying are used and there is no bonus to either). For parrying, you can choose whether to always parry with the weapon, or shield, in your left or right hand or always attempt to use the weapons, or weapon and shield, in both hands. If you are fighting unarmed, you can choose to attempt to parry with your arm or hand (this special manoeuvre can be disabling if you are not skillful enough, but would prevent an attack from reaching your more vital areas). It is important to realise that for best results, the tactics that you choose should depend on your armoury, your opponents and the armouries of your opponents - no two fights will ever be quite the same. .EP Examples .SI 5 > tactics Your combat options are: Attitude - offensive. Response - neutral. You will use both hands to parry. You will not attempt to parry unarmed. > tactics attitude defensive Your attitude is now defensive. > tactics response neutral Your response is now neutral. > tactics parry left You will now use your left hand to parry. .EI Character Profiles .SP 5 5 Trish the Thief wears typical thiefy clothing, but carries around rather a lot of the hardware typical to the trade. After a successful job, she wields a rapier and a dagger and attempts to make good her escape from the scene. Since she is mostly interested in getting away, she sets her combat attitude to defensive; given the weight of the tools that she carries, she sets her combat response to parry and chooses to always parry with the dagger in her left hand in order to protect her more delicate rapier. .EP .SP 5 5 Birzig the Barbarian wears the standard leather garment, a cloak made from the wool of Hublandish sheep and a pair of fur-lined boots. He carries little beyond a small satchel and his trusty bastard sword. Since his goal is to defeat his enemies, he sets his combat attitude to offensive and his response to neutral, since given the little he carries he can either dodge or parry with his bastard sword. .EP .SH See also .SP 5 5 consider, fighting, options .EP
