Catfight: Tactics

Catfight: Tactics is a a game of tactics and catfights. It is super experimental and probably horribly broken at this point, but getting less so by the second.

Character Creation

To create a character for Catfight: Tactics, fill out the following template.

Character Template Name
Point Total - 3 to 36
skill - 1 to 12
physique - 1 to 12
move - 1 to 12
HP - 3 x physique
Morale - 10

Skill, physique, and move are chosen using a point buy system. Each point of every stat costs 1 point. Opposing teams in Catfight: Tactics should be worth the same number of points.

Skill and physique control attacks, defenses, and on occasion damage. Move controls the order characters go in - higher first, ties are broken by coin flip. Characters with equal move speeds can choose to move simultaneously if they are on the same team.

Examples

Chun Li
Point Total - 27
Skill - 9
Physique - 12
Move - 6
HP - 36
Morale - 10

Resolving Attacks

All attacks have a range of one hex. When attacking, the attacker rolls 2d6 + attacking stat - 4 per adjacent enemy other than the defender. The defender rolls 2d6 + defending stat. If they tie, repeat.

If the attacker moves towards the defender in a straight line during the turn of the attack, add the number of hexes moved in a straight line to damage for strikes, and squares pushed for pushes.

Status Effects

Prone - Prone characters receive minus 3 to all attacks and defenses, cannot move until spending 7AP (or a full round, if character has a Move of less than or equal to 7) to stand
Grabbed - Grabbed characters cannot make attacks against other characters other than break grab, which they must do at -4. They also receive -4 to all defenses and cannot move. Grabs stack and must be broken separately, either by using the break grab move or by forcing the grabbing character to move out of range.
Trapped - Trapped characters receive -4 to all attacks, -4 to all defenses, and cannot move
Controlled - Controlled characters cannot make attacks against other characters other than break control, which they must do at -6 (they can still use auto-success actions with no target, however). They also receive -6 to all defenses and cannot move. A controlled character cannot move.
Unconscious - Unconscious characters have no defense, cannot move, are automatically prone, and have no actions available other than rest
Defeated - Defeated characters get no defense, cannot move, are automatically prone, and have no actions available

Actions

Strike - Skill vs skill, target takes attacker skill damage to HP on a hit.

Push - Physique vs physique, target is pushed directly away from the attacker in a straight line. Target moves a number of hexes equal to the degree of success, maxing out at the attacker's physique. On a collision with an obstacle, target takes HP damage equal to number of hexes of movement remaining. On collision with another character, HP damage equal to number of hexes remaining is split between the two characters (with odd numbers of damage, the remainder goes to the pushed character).

Taunt - Auto success, taunter gains 2 morale

Trip - Skill vs skill, target is knocked prone

Grab - Skill vs skill, target is grabbed

Throw (only allowed while grabbing, ends grab) - Physique vs physique, target is pushed in a straight line in any direction. Target moves a number of hexes equal to the degree of success, maxing out at the attacker's physique. On a collision with an obstacle, target takes HP damage equal to number of hexes of movement remaining. On collision with another character, HP damage equal to number of hexes remaining is split between the two characters (with odd numbers of damage, the remainder goes to the thrown character).

Taunt (while grabbing) - Auto success, attacker gains 2 morale and target loses 2

Strike (allowed while grabbing) - Skill vs skill, target takes attacker physique damage on a hit

Slam (only allowed while grabbing, ends grab) - Physique vs physique, target takes 2 x attacker physique HP damage on a hit and is knocked prone

Drag (only allowed while grabbing) - Physique vs physique, on a hit attacker may move, bringing the target, with the target at a cost of 2 AP per hex

Control (only allowed while grabbing) - Skill vs physique, target is controlled

Taunt (while controlling) - Auto success, attacker gains 5 morale and target loses 5

Submission move (only allowed while controlling) - Auto success, on a hit target takes double the attacker's skill or physique in HP damage

Trap - Defender must be between attacker and a terrain obstacle, physique vs skill, target is trapped

Strike (allowed while trapping) - Skill vs skill, target takes attacker physique damage to HP on a hit

Grab (allowed while trapping) - Skill vs skill, target is grabbed

Break grab/control - Skill or physique vs skill, on success attacker is no longer grabbed/controlled

Rest - Auto success, gain 1 HP without exceeding maximum

Moving

Characters can move a number of hexes equal to their move speed on a turn if they don't attack, or a number of hexes equal to their move speed - 1 if they do.

Characters who - on one turn - move adjacent to an enemy character, then move one hex away from that character - incur an opportunity attack from this character. This attack can be anything that that character may currently do to the provoking character, so attacks that do not require grabbing or control are all possible.

Movement from a push may trigger an attack of opportunity, but the attacking of opportunity counts as that units attack for the round.

Winning

Characters are knocked unconscious when their HP falls to 0 or below. Unconsciousness ends when HP and stamina are both 1 or greater. Characters are defeated upon taking morale damage while unconscious, or taking HP damage while at morale of 0 or below.

A team wins when all enemies are defeated, or all enemies are unconscious and all allies have morale above 20.