Another alternate setting for 7th Sea:

Combat Basics

Combat rules are pretty much identical to those given in the 7th Sea rules.  A few points are clarified below.

Armour.  Armour use is practically non-existent, and so no rules are provided for now.

Damage.  For hand-to-hand weapons, the Damage rolled is always (Brawn + Weapon Damage), with the Brawn adding to the unkept dice, which is why some weapons have a number of unkept dice lower than their kept dice (e.g., 1k2).  For ranged weapons, it's just (Weapon Damage).

Example 1: Lord T'gai e'Lanya, using a knife in hand-to hand combat with his Brawn of 2 does (2 + 1k2) = 3k2 in Damage.  If he throws it instead, he does effectively 1k1 in Damage.

Raises.  Raises can be taken to increase the number of unkept damage dice.

Example 2: Lord T'gai e'Lanya, in the example above, throws his knife but takes one raise to increase Damage.  If he succeeds in hitting his target, he will do (1+1k2) = 2k2 in Damage; he can now keep both dice since he threw that many.  If he took two raises and succeeded, he would do (2 + 1k2) = 3k2 in Damage.

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