Statement of Intent

[mallard]

Does MRQ2 still use the statement of intent rule?

If so, how does it work? Do you have to state who you will parry and attack?

 

[Rasta]

Not to my knowledge. You don't need to declare a reaction until you are attacked. Even then, you can choose not to spend a reaction if the opponent fails the attack. Though it is still worthwhile to parry a failure, because if you succeed you get at least one CM.

PC's and NPC's just act in order of SR.

 

[Titus]

I haven't seen anything in the rules that requires a statement of intent. But in the combat example, the game master asked each adventurer "what they intend to do in this first round of combat." But she didn't hold them to it, because she allowed Thrace to change his actions when Lilina was seriously wounded by the trollkin.

I would generally allow a player to react to the things going on around them like this. I might require some sort of "situational awareness" roll if there was a question of whether the character would know what happened to react to it. Since I have only run a couple of trial sessions with friends, it hasn't been an issue yet.