This article explains the combat system in Crossfire.

You open the guide to Close Combat and start reading.

• To become a mighty warrior, you need basically three things: A good weapon, good armour and physical toughness. Then you can kill your foes simply by “running into them”.
• Physical toughness means you will need high Str (for good attacking power) and Con (for many hit points) -stats. Look for “potions of Strength/Constitution”. Try to get items that speed up your health-regeneration too.
• Weapons will be very important for you. Note that every weapon has certain “attacktypes”. Most monsters are vulnerable able to one or two attacktypes. Search for artifact weapons and experiment with different weapons on different monsters.
• You should know that there are ways to enchant ordinary weapons. However, it tends to be very costly.
• It can be helpful to advance at least a very little bit in divine magic. Spells for healing, curing and protections can save your life more than once.
• Use resist. potions to level up quickly.
• Feeling strong already? Hah - You're a greenhorn unless you can at least kill a titan with one hit!

Combat is the interaction of two controlled objects (players and/or monsters),
that exchange blows using diverse systems of attack.
Combat can result in the death of any participant including yourself
and is therefore a critical aspect of success in Crossfire.
Upon Death a controlled object ceases to be controlled resulting in two outcomes, access to equipment held
if a monster (or a gravestone if a player) and a flux of experience.

Combat can be thought of as a sequence of attacks. Each attack can be described as:

1. An attack is initiated using a combat skill of an attacker against a defender.
2. A saving throw is made by the defender (in the case of a physical attack type, this is the defenders AC compared to the attackers WC)
   1. If the saving throw was successful the attack is cancelled
   2. If the saving throw was unsuccessful, the attackers damage is calculated using the combat skill
3. The damage is reduced by the defenders resistance or in the case of physical 'armour'
4. The resultant damage is dealt to the defender by adjusting a characters statistics such as hp

Attacks can be made using a variety of attack types however these can be protected against from resistances .
Some attack types do not simply do damage but also do indirect damage & effects, either temporarily or permanently.
This could be to limit movement or modify a controlled objects vital statistics.

This method of attack relies on directly striking an opponent. All player characters, NPCs and monsters have the ability to attack however some choose a more passive approach. weapons are required to use skills such as Single-Handed Weapons, Two-Handed Weapons and Missile Weapons however there are hand-to-hand skills that require no weapons. Some combat skills can be learnt however some require specific types of bodies.

When attacking physically, for each strike, each attack type is tested and the attack type that deals the most significant damage is selected.

These attacking skills rely on the combat traits of the weapon and can be separated into melee combat and missile weapon combat:

• One Handed Weapon
• Two Handed Weapon

• Punching
• Karate
• Clawing
• Flame Touch
• Wraith Feed

• Missile Weapon

These spell casting skills rely on the access and control of magical abilities of the controlled objected

When attacking using spells, for each tick of damage, each attack type is tested and the attack type that deals the least damage is selected.

If the defenders hp drops below 0, the defender dies, and the attacker adds the experience of the defender to their total exp for the skill which made the killing blow. The defender also drops any items from their inventory (if a player, this is a gravestone) onto the floor.

If a player dies, the character loses 20% of their experience (in all categories) and a random |primary stat decreases by 1. At low levels, the stat loss is bad news, while it is the experience loss that really hurts at those high levels. You may still regain lost stats (up to your natural limit) by drinking potions of life. Certain gods restore lost stats if you meet certain conditions while praying on their alter.

For information on development and technical aspects of spells: dev:combat