Remote valley of Timberhollow

I guess Dess can attack twice using his bow, right?

Ranged weapons require one Action to load, and one Action to fire. See full text HERE
This limit can be overcome with an additional trait, Quick Shot, which allows loading and firing in a single action.

I have extended this rule about slower ranged attacks to magic, though it is not explicitly stated in them, so as to balance magics might and versatility against more mundane attacks and abilities. See my notes HERE

Thank you for the explanation

Hm... question: would you consider giving me advantage if I use my flying skill to gain a strategic advantage? Happy to use a turn to "double-move," or something similar, to gain advantage on the next round.

Or (separately)... could I do something similar (flying skill) to call out strategic information to folks on the ground? Give them advantage?

@Drgwen : Cass already had prepared a spirit so she can go ahead an Test her attack, then prepare another. Looking around is free but if you want to use Shaman spirit sense to gain other types of information in combat I will ask for an Action and Test.

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@Dastuun : I am OK with Advantage being applied to "surprised" or targets that are unaware of combat. But like many combat functions in RPG it is assumed all targets are basically aware of their surroundings so just flying up would not work. It is very situational to gain Advantage. One of the simplest ways is through cooperative efforts. Ex mage cast an illusion to hide you and you attack from concealment with advantage. Or priest blesses you, etc. If you had Sneaky and used an action to hide first that could grant advantage. This keeps it balanced as all benefits have a cost, be it yours or another characters action granting Advantage. So you could try and coordinate with the other archers so that one sacrifices his actions to grant you advantage, etc. But these guys are currently relying more on volume than skill.

Acting as a scout for others would allow a sharing of information but this game tris to keep it simple so reduces most tactical advantages to basic combat only. So back attack, flanking, attack from above, all of these are just combat.

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Note: after this scene plays out everyone will gain Weapon Mastery, which grants Advantage on attacks, or an their 3rd non-heritage Trait. I start all PC out as novices to any real combat or life threatening situation but with potential to grow quickly. I try to keep things simple in this game but have gotten the impression from several characters creation results that players are referring to the system material. Which is great but I do make some changes in how I run it. This resulted in some longer explanations than I would otherwise give.

In combat like this just remember that it is simple in that each side takes turns. I do not care about the order of player actions but you need to wait for the other side to act before you can go again.

Right! Sorry. Was just anxious to get rid of these swarms, apparently. haha.. Will make sure I see the resolution of the "bad guys" before I act again.