Personal Combat

Personal combat occurs in the following circumstances:
 * Trial By Combat: When one character accuses another of injustice, they may resolve their dispute through personal combat. The accused chooses the method of combat.
 * Tournaments: Tournaments allow characters to pit themselves against other characters in personal combat for the right to winning the title of a Knight. Each tournament round rotates between lances and swords.

Forms of Personal Combat
Personal combat is conducted using one of the following:
 * Swords: Elegant and precise these are the safest way to fight.
 * Pistols: Deadly and precise these are almost always lethal.
 * Lances: A joust with lances is often imprecise and of varying lethality.

Resolving Personal Combat
Personal combat is resolved simply by comparing two rolls of 1d10, one for each character, and determining who won or lost by the person who has the highest modified roll.

If it is a draw, another round is fought until someone wins.

The chance the loser may die is listed next to the type of combat. Some skills or traits are helpful in different types of combat.

Personal Combat Experience
A character training the Melee skill will gain 1d4 training points if he wins a fight with swords.

A character training the Etiquette skill will gain 1d4 training points if he wins a fight with lances.