COMBAT REFERENCE SHEET

Zones Damage
Soulbound divides combat areas into Zones. Zones have When you take Damage, that Damage is subtracted
no set size or shape, and are formed along natural divides from your Toughness. If your Toughness is reduced to
or breaks in the environment such as walls, doors, or trees. 0, you begin to suffer Wounds instead. Until you recover
Characters can usually move from Zone to Zone as part Toughness, all Damage you suffer inflicts Wounds. You
of their turn, but some Zones might only be accessible by can suffer three different types of Wounds, listed below.
flying, swimming, climbing, or other special movement. When there are no more spaces on your Wound Track,
you are Mortally Wounded.

Range A Minor Wound. If you take 1 Damage (after

In Soulbound, ranges are relative to the Zones on the subtracting any remaining Toughness, if possible)
battlefield. There are five ranges: Close Range is anything then you take a Minor Wound, which fills one space.
within arms reach of a character; Short Range is anything A Serious Wound. If you take 2–4 Damage then you
within the Zone you currently occupy; Medium Range is take a Serious Wound, which fills two spaces.
any Zone adjacent to your current Zone; Long Range is a A Deadly Wound. If you take 5+ Damage then you
location or target two Zones away from your current Zone; take a Deadly Wound, which fills three spaces.
and Extreme Range is anything outside Long Range, and
is three or more Zones away from your current Zone.
Mortally Wounded
If you suffer a Wound and do not have enough spaces
Turn Order remaining on the Wound Track, you become Mortally
Combat is divided into rounds (about 6 seconds of time Wounded. You are Stunned, and can not recover Toughness.
in the game world). Each participant takes a turn during If you take further Damage you are Incapacitated, and if
the round, in Initiative order (from highest to lowest). If a you take Damage again, you die.
character is tied with another character, the players decide
who acts first. If a character is tied with an enemy, the As an Action, you or an ally can spend 1 Soulfire to help
character goes first. If two enemies are tied, the GM picks. you recover from being Mortally Wounded. You are no
longer Mortally Wounded, remove any Conditions,
and recover half of your total Toughness. Alternatively,
Making an Attack a character can use an Action to make a DN 4:2 Mind
To make an attack, take the following steps: (Medicine) Test to help. If the Test succeeds, you are no
longer Mortally Wounded but only recover 1 Toughness.
1. Choose a target within your weapon’s range. In either case, you retain any Wounds you have suffered.
2. Compare your Melee M (for a melee attack) or
Accuracy A (for a ranged attack) with your target’s LAST STAND
Defence D and consult the Attack DN table on your As death looms, some heroes choose to sacrifice everything
character sheet to determine the DN of the Attack to save their allies. If you are Mortally Wounded, you
Test. can declare a Last Stand. When you do so, the following
3. Make a Body (Weapon Skill) Test for a melee attack happens:
or a Body (Ballistic Skill) Test for a ranged attack.
4. If you succeed, add all of your successes together A You remove any Conditions you may have.
plus any Damage from your weapon to determine A Your Mettle refills to its maximum.
the Damage of the attack. A You are immune to all Damage.
5. Subtract the target’s Armour from the Damage. A Your Melee and Accuracy increase one step.
6. The target suffers any remaining Damage. Reduce A Your Damage (including from spells and Miracles)
their Toughness by this amount. If they have no ignores armour.
Toughness remaining and have no Wounds, they are
dead. If the creature has Wounds, Damage in the When your turn ends, you die. Instead of increasing
following column. Doom, the Binding’s Soulfire refills to its maximum as
your allies are bolstered by your heroic sacrifice.

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Your Turn Climbing, Crawling and Swimming
The GM describes the action of combat and on your turn When you are climbing, crawling, swimming, or squeezing
you describe your character’s response. Feel free to ask into a tight space your Speed is reduced one step, to a
questions to get a better picture of the battlefield. On your minimum of Slow.
turn, you can Move and take an Action (see below).
Flying and Falling
MOVE A falling creature suffers 1 Damage per 10 feet fallen and
Your move is based on your Speed — most characters is knocked Prone on impact.
have a Normal speed. They can move anywhere within
their current Zone for free, and use their Move to go to Normal movement rules apply when flying, but use a
an adjacent Zone. A Fast creature can move to an adjacent Speed determined by the mode of flight, such as a mount
Zone for free, and then use their Move to get to another or a piece of equipment. If the equipment is disabled or
Zone. A Slow creature must use their Move to move the mount is knocked Prone or killed, you immediately
within their current Zone, and must use the Run Action begin falling (see above).
to get to an adjacent Zone.
Jumping
Being Prone and Standing Up You can make a standing vertical leap up to a number
Willingly falling Prone is a Free Action. Standing from of feet equal to your Body, and a standing long jump a
Prone requires a Move. To move while Prone you must number of feet equal to your Body × 2. These distances are
crawl (see below). For more on being Prone, see Faltering doubled with a short run up.
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ACTIONS IN COMBAT

Attack: You make an attack with your weapon. Help: An ally adds 1d6 to their dice pool for the next
Test they make, plus an additional 1d6 per level of
Charge: +1d6 for the attack. Defence is reduced one step
Training you have in the Skill used for the Test.
until your next turn.
Hide: Make a Body (Stealth) Test to hide.
Called Shot: The target’s Defence increases determined
by the hit location. Improvise: Tell your GM what you want to do, and they
will tell you if it’s possible.
• Head: Defence increases two steps. If the attack deals
Damage, the target is Stunned until the end of its next Parley: You make an Opposed Test to try to talk your
turn. way out of conflict and end the combat peacefully.
• Arms: Defence increases one step. If the attack deals
React: Prepare yourself to act when a specific event
Damage, the target drops an item they are carrying.
happens. If the trigger for your reaction doesn’t happen,
• Legs: Defence increases one step. If the attack deals
you can choose to proceed to the next round without
Damage, the target is Prone.
taking an Action, or you can take a different Action but
Defend: Choose an ally within Close Range. Until the act last in the Initiative order for the rest of the combat.
start of your next turn, attacks or spells that target the
Retreat: Call for a retreat. If your allies agree, you all
ally target you instead. You can also Defend a Zone. A
safely flee the conflict.
creature trying to enter the Zone must use an Action to
make a Body (Might or Reflexes) Test opposed by your Run: Move to an adjacent Zone.
Body (Might). If you are wielding a shield, you have
Search: Make a Mind (Awareness) Test.
Advantage on this Test.
Seize the Initiative: Move to the top of the Initiative
Dodge: Until the start of your next turn, your Defence
order for the rest of the combat.
increases by one step and you add 1d6 to your dice pool
for Body (Reflex) Tests. Shove: Make a Body (Might) roll, resisted by the target’s
Body (Might) or Body (Reflexes). If you succeed, the
Flee: You flee the battle. You are removed from the
target is shoved away.
Initiative and Doom increases by 1.
Use an Object: Use an object in Close Range.
Grapple: Make a Body (Might) Test, resisted by the
target’s Body (Might or Reflexes). If you succeed, the Use a Talent: Use a Talent or Miracle.
target is Restrained.
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