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Swords ,Shields, and Combat Speed - What do they all mean?

One problem I'm having with the game is that I don't quite understand the combat mechanics.

What does 1 sword icon mean? What does 1 shield icon mean? How is damage calculated? How does combat speed play into things?

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Sword = Offense

Shield = Defense

The way I've seen it explained is this.

Offense rolls 1-X where X is your offense score

Defense rolls 1-Y where Y is your defense score

Subtract the defense roll from the offense roll and you get damage. Anthing 0 or less is a "miss"

Combat speed is your action points on the tactical map. Everything you do consumes them.

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IBNobody

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Quoting Slainangel52,

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Sword = Offense

Shield = Defense

The way I've seen it explained is this.

Offense rolls 1-X where X is your offense score

Defense rolls 1-Y where Y is your defense score

Subtract the defense roll from the offense roll and you get damage. Anthing 0 or less is a "miss"

Combat speed is your action points on the tactical map. Everything you do consumes them.

Surely it's not 1 to X! That would be horrible. Is there a minimum other than 1?

Combat Speed: It's no longer affected by movement?

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Quoting IBNobody,

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Quoting Slainangel52, reply 1Sword = Offense

Shield = Defense

The way I've seen it explained is this.

Offense rolls 1-X where X is your offense score

Defense rolls 1-Y where Y is your defense score

Subtract the defense roll from the offense roll and you get damage. Anthing 0 or less is a "miss"

Combat speed is your action points on the tactical map. Everything you do consumes them.

Surely it's not 1 to X! That would be horrible. Is there a minimum other than 1?

Combat Speed: It's no longer affected by movement?

I think they separated movement from combat speed but I'm not 100%

As for the combat calculation, that's the way I've seen it described, the randomness of it is the main complaint I've seen voiced thus far so I think it's at least partially accurate.

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I believe it's so and hope that it will get some tweaking...

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