Combat Order

Categories

• Item use
• Techniques (can be split by effect)
• Retreating/attempting to retreat
• Switching tuxemon
• Status effects
• Replacing a knocked-out tuxemon
• XP allocation

Proposals

Tamashihoshi: May be more strategic than having items guaranteed to go off.

• Combat techniques
• Healing techniques and items

r1g1l: Having Capture Devices go first ensures that tuxemon that always run can still be caught.

• Special items (Capture Devices)
• Run
• Monster techniques (by monster speed)
• Regular items
• Healing
• Status effects

Sanglorian:

• Choosing actions. Each player chooses whether they will: use a technique with their active tuxemon, attempt to retreat, use an item or switch their active tuxemon for a different one on their team.
• Attempts to retreat. If both attempt to retreat, both automatically retreat.
• Switching tuxemon. If both attempt to switch tuxemon, it's random who switches first.
• Using an item. If both attempt to use an item, the relative Speeds of the tuxemon determine which happens first.
• Fast Techniques. If a technique has the Fast effect, it goes before other techniques. If both attempt to use a Fast technique, the relative Speeds of the tuxemon determine which happens first.
• Non-Fast Techniques. If both attempt to use a technique, the relative Speeds of the tuxemon determine which happens first. Any of these use up your action for the round - you can only do one. If two tuxemon's Speeds are tied, it's random which goes first.
• XP Allocation. If a tuxemon was knocked out in a previous part of the round, its XP is allocated now.
• Replacing a Knocked-Out Tuxemon. If one was knocked out this round. Note, if a tuxemon is knocked out in a round, its replacement does not get to act.
• Conditions. If you are poisoned, you take damage now. If your condition has a 50% chance of healing each round, this is the time when the game announces whether that has succeeded, etc.

Other options would be:

• Who uses their item first is random instead of being based on tuxemon speed
• The Fast effect modifies a tuxemon's Speed instead of guaranteeing that they go first
• Trainers could have their own Speed that would affect some of these operations
• Items could have their own Speed (benneti: you could have a fast quick injection or a slower full recovery drug)
• Instead of having different turns for retreating, switching, items and techniques, every action could have its own Speed/Speed modifier. A very fast tuxemon could then get its technique off before an item is used, while a very slow one couldn't (for example).

Trainer stats (bitcraft, tamashihoshi and others): A trainer Speed stat would determine or modify action order, especially for item use. See Trainer Stats for general proposals for trainer stats.

• Instead of making a fixed "first this then that" order, we could go for something more flexible... For example retreat attempts: 20 + speed modify (trainer/2 + tuxemon) -> some value; tuxemon switch: 30 + speed modify (trainer) -> some value; item use: 40 + speed modify (trainer + tuxemon/2) -> some value
• A very fast person could use a technique before you can heal your tuxemon. probably even before you can retreat (gotta go fast)....