Grabbing
A Grabbing Attack is an attack geared at taking a possession away from an opponent, like a gun, bomb, or Maltese Falcon. A character making a Grabbing attack may score a Miss, Take, Grab, or Break result. These results may have differing effects depending on the relative Strengths of the combatants. Grabbing combat normally does not inflict damage.- A Miss result indicates the item in question is not in your character's possession. If the item was in another character's possession, it still is. If the item was in no one's possession, the item is knocked loose and will be up to 1 area away in any direction.
- A Take result indicates the attacker has full possession of the item if his Strength is equal to or greater than the target's (use material strength for things that are glued or clamped down). If not, consider as a miss.
- A Grab result indicates the attacker has taken possession of the item, whether or not the Strength of the opponent was higher.
- A Break result indicates the attacker
has succeeded, and may either depart with the item immediately or, potentially, set off the item. A second roll is made against the material strength of the item involved. If a color (red, green, or yellow) result is made, then the attacker may either use the item or move up to half his or her speed away (round up). If a white result is made, the item is damaged, broken, or goes off. This will vary from item to item---a glass vase drops to the floor, a gun fires in a random direction, a bomb explodes or loses its safety device, etc. This varies from case to case, but the Judge is encouraged to be as creative and upsetting as his players will let him get away with.