Melee Stunts (Action)
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Bait
Basic Action
You present an attractive target for a split second, causing your opponent to take a wild swing or otherwise expose or make a fool of himself.
Make a Melee vs. Dodge roll against your target. If you succeed, you gain a +3 bonus to a later roll against the same opponent. Think of this as a bonus token, that you can spend at an appropriate time to improve a stunt or attack against this target. It is ok to ask if the +3 bonus would make a difference before using it. You will often use this to accumulate successes, repeating the same stunt several times, the bonus from the last attempt giving you a better chance of scoring a setback each time you try. Other uses include setting up an opponent for a friend (giving the bonus away) or to exploit a weakness, setting yourself up to do a task you could not normally accomplish.
It you score an Outcome matching the target's Reflexes, you also inflict a Setback; the target suffers some direct penalty, as appropriate to the situation and how you described your outmaneuver. He might strike past you at a friendly target, run out of ammunition, lose his weapon, or otherwise temporarily make a fool of himself.
Charge
Basic Action
You run a distance up to your Move in a straight line and make a Normal Melee Attack. This is in addition to the normal movement for a basic action.
Disarm
Basic Action
You can disarm opponents causing them to drop their weapons. Make an opposed Melee roll (yes, even shootists can be disarmed this way). If you succeed, the opponent loses the grip on his weapon. He can immediately spend three shots retrieving it. If he chooses not to, he loses the weapon and you can either kick it away or pick it up. If your Outcome matches his Body, he loses both the weapon and the shots.
Feint
Basic Action
You baffle others with false maneuvers. Make a Melee vs. Dodge roll; on a success, your target loses 3 shots and you can move past a position they covered or otherwise get a small respite in a fight - he cannot take Trigger Actions to hinder your movement. If your Outcome matches the target's Reflexes, you cause him major consternation; he loses six shots any anyone can move by him until his next shot comes up.
Find Weakness
Limit Break
Make a Melee attack against which the target cannot use Resist powers; targets do not get to add their Mind to their Action to soak damage from this attack.
Normal Melee Attack
Basic Action
You make an attack roll against your target's Dodge and inflicting damage equal to your Body plus relevant modifiers for the weapon used. A basic unarmed attack like a fist or kick does Body Blunt damage and has the Stun ability, while a dedicated natural attack like claws or jaws does Body +1 Cutting damage. Weapons, powers, and schticks can greatly enhance these values.
Strength Push
Trigger Action
The Body and Mass table shows what kinds of loads can be lifted depending on Body. Handling such loads does not require an action or roll. Handling greater loads is done with a Trigger Action triggered by whatever event required greater strength. Make a Melee roll against your Body; for every 3 points of Outcome, your effective Body is increased by one. An Outcome of of 3 allows lifting at +1 Body, 6 allows +2 Body, 9 allows +3, 12 allows +4 and so on.
Tackle
Trigger Action
When an enemy not adjacent to you moves into contact with you and then tries to move away again as a part of the same action, you can make a Melee roll against the target's Maneuver. If you succeed that enemy is forced to halt next to you.