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--- combat [2019/12/28 15:01] – [Design Notes] andrew
+++ combat [2020/01/11 00:12] – [Disembodied Spirits, General Notes] andrew
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   * Getting up from a prone position, while carrying combat arms, takes an entire turn's actions. If one leaves one's weapons/shield on the ground, it only takes an active action.  You can attempt to leap to one's feet fully armed as a quick action, but must make an Acrobatics check; but if you fail, you forfeit your turn and remain prone.
   * An unconscious or incapacitated target is hit automatically in melee (not ranged)
-  * 2 or more attackers gain advantage if they attack a lone footman.Maybe
+  * 2 or more attackers gain advantage if they attack a lone footman.
   * 4 or more human attackers gain advantage when attacking a large monster, the size of a horse, grizzly bear, hooger or ogre.
-  * Human sized attackers cannot gain advantage from numbers alone when attacking huge monsters such as dragons or titans.
+  * Human sized attackers cannot gain advantage from numbers alone when attacking huge monsters such as dragons or titans. Neither do numbers grant advantage when fighting Constructs.
   * 5 or more attackers gain advantage if they attack 2 footmen who are side-by-side or back-to-back.
   * 2 or more horsemen or footmen with Long Spears or Bills get advantage attacking a lone horseman.
   * If footmen make a close formation that is at least 4 men wide, and all of them are wielding round shields, they are said to be in a Shield Wall.  All attacks (ranged or melee) made against a Shield wall are made with disadvantage.
+  * If someone is scaling a wall, fence, or stockade,  he will attack at disadvantage and be attacked with advantage.  Also, when scaling he may attack (no 2-handed weapons) or use a shield, not both.
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 ==== Disembodied Spirits, General Notes ====
   * Spirits, such as ghosts, demons, etc. are not corporeal and thus cannot attack or be attacked by physical means. No weapons, even magical ones can do any damage to them.  Holy Blessed weapons (see the 5th level Divine spell Holy Weapon) are the only exception.
-  * Spells that do physical damage do not effect Spirits.  Examples:
+  * Arcane Magic that does physical damage do not generally effect Spirits.
   * Divine Magic spells that do points of damage, however, do inflict damage on non-corporeal spirits.
   * When they attack, they attack their target's INT, WIS or CHA.  When a character's INT is reduced to 0, he becomes feeble minded.  When a character's WIS is reduced to 0, he becomes stark-raving mad.  When a character's CHA is reduced to 0, he has been possessed by the Spirit, who now controls his body.