The battle only lasted a few more moments and Reimu dodged a blow and drove a brutal pommel strike under the goblin's guard.  The hilt of her dagger cracked the goblin resoundingly dropping her backwards.  She dropped the double headed dildo and raised her hand to her head moments before she passed out cold.  A quick search of the goblin showed that she didn't have many possessions, but was carrying twelve gems, the double headed dildo, and two fragile glass vials, one full of a red liquid, the other green.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">the system is only the bare bones of a skeleton to give us an idea for combat.  If we were using D&amp;D 3.5 you could simply say, "I attack" every round, or you could get specific.  You could use grapple attacks, you could use magic spells, you could use ranged attacks, etc.  Same thing here.  You can make called shots, you can make the combat as extravagant or as simple as you want it.  I offer ad hoc bonuses and such based on role playing.  This is a forum and the meat and potatoes of the game is in our words, not our system.  It's why I've kept the system as simple as possible.  For example, another player had a sword and a 'spark' spell.  She decided she wanted to try to charge her sword with electricity when she attacked, effectively using both magic and sword at the same time.  I allowed it, using her melee attack 'to hit' and adding up both magic and physical damage, but then had her taking 'feedback' magic damage as well.   I've another character, Wahida, who has yet to be in combat even once, and she's 6 pages in.<br/>http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=118967.0 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=118967.0)<br/>Finally, I had another player who decided to 'tease' during combat against imps.  It wasn't any option I'd given her, but I allowed it, and she ended up beating the imps when she had no weapons by 'lusting' them up.<br/><br/>I guess I'm saying that, yes, I agree with you.  In terms of the 'system' it may seem like your only option is to 'attack.'  But I don't agree with you in this sense.  Just because the most obvious answer is 'I stab it' that doesn't mean it's your only choice.     I hope that helps.  :)</div></div>