movement in combat

[paleryder]

Movement is listed as an action that you declare. Is there any movement that also allows an attack to follow or is it one or the other. The rates of movement can be quite fast. If enemies are only 5" apart, does sprinting into combat (i.e. "charge") use up your action for the turn?

[paleryder]

Anyone? How do you play? Do you let a character move an attack as one action or do you require tow actions?

[markkrawec]

Combat turns are very short - 10 seconds - so it's tough to fit much action into that time. That said, though, I'd allow one attack plus movement (or movement plus one attack). If that weren't the case, it would take two actions to rush a target: one for the run, plus a second for the hit. That pretty plainly isn't the case in the rules.

More than one attack, or an attack plus a defense, or what have you, I would count as two actions.

[paleryder]

Thank. I agree that it's counter-intuitive but I'm not sure your position is supported by the rules. I posted the same question on the Yahoo TSR Conan group and got a different answer. The rules say that movement is an action and, except when there's surprise or you choose to do more than one action, you only get one per turn. I think, as written, you have choose to move and wait to possibly be hit. Is there an example to the contrary in the rules? You're right, it's dangerous but it does make the whole surprise business very important, which may be the whole point. Did anyone run up on Conan and just cut him down or did he cut them down as they approached? Something to think about.

Aidan

[happylrac]

I think that a simple short move like taking a step or grabbing something is acceptable.

[markkrawec]

That's where I'm at. Nobody ran Conan down, but I think that was just thanks to his extreme wariness. There were plenty of occasions where he charged up on mooks & cut them to ribbons.