Solo Play with FGU

I thought this topic deserves its own entry. Adding what I cooked to the existing stuff in Part II would be too chaotic, anyway.

# ACTION ECONOMY

Action economy is maximizing the things you do in one combat turn with what you carefully picked for your PC's class. It's basically a measurement for how efficiently a creature can accomplish its goals within a single turn.

But in terms of both sides of the battlefield (For GMs);

It is the " balance "

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PART III - Theory of Solo Combat Strategy & Tactics

Strategy

Strategy is the art of planning, organizing and directing overall military operations and movements in combat. It differs from tactics by staying on the theory side of things. In terms of game play, it is your overall plan to achieve your main goal by going through level progression and directing your efforts into winning your battles until the last boss is dead. This is done by thinking in terms of logistics:

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ToM is a mental visualization technique in case you don't have access to maps. I wrote this as part of the Combat Guide Series but you can also use it to Roleplay.

The Art of Imagination

Visual Imagination is kinda tricky. It can't be taught easily, you either have it or don't. But Theater of Mind doesn't just mean conjuring images before your eyes from descriptions. If you can't "see" descriptions with your inner eyes, you can "hear" them! Simply tell ...

Gather 'round strong domini and sublime dominas, as I reveal to you the Art of Solo Warfare. Your humble instructor will not tell you mere ways to swing a sword, mind you. Take these words of wisdom as a foundation to build upon your combatant's role & stratagems. And be not hasty. I'll cover counter-tactics for our earlier lesson and other expansions in here for each of your combatant classes, later.

ROLEPLAYING COMBAT

This is a combat guide, what is this RP stuff ...

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What ruleset does a kid use for combat when colliding two action figures? I don't know the answer but let me try to shed light on my strategy of Playing Chess against Myself.

Meta-Game

I briefly explained what meta game is in How to Play Published Adventures. This is the biggest immersion breaker in Solo Combat, maybe even more than RPing alone because being both GM and Player feels like cheating to some.

As a solution, I see myself as the Dominus of an Arena ...