BASICS

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• Action Types - An action's type essentially tells you how long the action takes to perform...
• Armor Class - Your Armor Class (AC) represents how hard it is for opponents to land a solid, damaging blow on you.
• Attack Bonus - Your attack bonus with a melee weapon is: Base attack bonus + Strength...
• Attack Roll - An attack roll represents your attempt to strike your opponent on your turn in a round.
• Attacks Of Opportunity - Sometimes a combatant in a melee lets her guard down.
• Combat Statistics - This section summarizes the statistics that determine success in combat, and then details how to use
• Damage - When your attack succeeds, you deal damage. The type of weapon used determines the amount of damage you deal.
• Free Actions - Free actions don't take any time at all, though there may be limits to the number of free actions you can perform in a turn.
• Full-Round Actions - A full-round action requires an entire round to complete.
• Hit Points - When your hit point total reaches 0, you're disabled.
• How Combat Works - Combat is cyclical; everybody acts in turn in a regular cycle of rounds.
• Initiative
• Injury And Death - Your hit points measure how hard you are to kill. No matter how many hit...
• Miscellaneous Actions
• Move Actions - With the exception of specific movement-related skills, most move actions don't require a check.
• Saving Throws - Generally, when you are subject to an unusual or magical attack, you get a saving throw to avoid or reduce the effect.
• Speed - Your speed tells you how far you can move in a round and still do something, such as attack or cast a spell.
• Standard Actions
• The Combat Round - Each round represents 6 seconds in the game world. A round presents an...