Usage
Type: retreat
Type: retreat goblin
Type: retreat goblin distantAlso typed as ret
Retreat gives up ground at once - two bands, out to distant - and costs you a short recovery and a bite of fatigue. Typed alone it is a general withdrawal: one action that backs you away from EVERYTHING still fighting you. Name an enemy - retreat goblin - to give ground to that one alone. Enemies pursue by advancing, which takes them a full step’s walk, so retreating buys you time to act: at distant range from every living opponent a direction command takes you out of the room, even while you are still recovering from the retreat that bought it. One command is one step - retreat again to fall back further. Type range to see how far away everything is and ADVANCE to close again.
Good to know
- Refused while you are a ghost, sleeping, resting or sitting.
- A blow. Typed while you are still recovering from the last one it is dropped rather than queued, so it never fights the battle for you.