Editing Guide to Combat (section)

=Ranged Combat=
Ranged projectiles in this game use pixel perfect movement. Shoot by having a ranged weapon in your hand, and clicking a target tile. The projectile will hit the first object in its path, but will pass over people who are [[Status_Effects#Paralyze|paralyzed]], [[Status_Effects#Sleep|sleeping]] or [[Health#Death|dead]] unless you click directly on their sprites. Sometimes when you're running your weapon will randomly not fire when clicking. This can be due to how the game engine works, so just keep spamclicking until you fire. 

==Ranged Intents==
There are some differences to firing guns between different [[Starter_guide#Intents|intents]]:
* On [[Starter_guide#Help_Intent|help]] [[File:Intent_Help.png]], [[Starter_guide#Disarm_Intent|disarm]] [[File:Intent_Disarm.png]] and [[Starter_guide#Grab_Intent|grab]] [[File:Intent_Grab.png]] intents you can fire at a target point blank by clicking directly on them. On [[Starter_guide#Harm_Intent|harm intent]] [[File:Intent_Harm.png]] you will instead do a melee strike with your gun, unless you aim behind your target. 
* On [[Starter_guide#Harm_Intent|harm intent]] [[File:Intent_Harm.png]] you can fire two guns at the same time. However, you will also have a random spread to your accuracy.

==Throwing==
This is a safe way to take down a target. Pick nearby items up and throw them at the enemy. Most items deal the same damage when thrown as when used as a melee weapon. Some, such as [[Makeshift_weapons#Spear|spears]] [[File:Spear.png]], will deal even more. First pick an item up, then activate "throw" with the '''R''' key. Then click where you want to throw the object. You can pick up some [[Guide_to_construction#Chairs|chairs]] [[File:Chair.png]] or [[Guide_to_construction#Chairs|stools]] [[File:Stool.png]] for throwing, by dragging their sprites onto yours. Throwing, like [[#Ranged_Combat|ranged combat]], uses pixel perfect movement, which means you can throw in any direction. You can also craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Bola|bolas]] to throw at enemies, which will slow them down until they [[Keyboard_Shortcuts|resist]] out of it. Thrown objects do not count as ranged shots and can not be reflected by [[Syndicate_items#Martial_Arts_Scroll|sleeping carp]] users. You can counter having items thrown at you by activating "throw" yourself (with '''R'''). If your active hand is empty, you will then capture the next object thrown at you, instead of getting hit by it.

===Embedding===
Some items, such as the [[Makeshift_weapons#Spear|spears]] [[File:Spear.png]], has a chance to ''embed'' into a body part when they are thrown at someone. An embedded item deals additional brute damage and bleeding until the item is removed. Some embedded items can automatically fall out after a while. Else you remove an embedded item from yourself by [[Starter_guide#Controls|examining]] your body, and then clicking the underlined string of text that appears in the chat window. You remove embedded items from others with [[Surgery#Removal_of_Embedded_Objects|surgery]]. Many items, such as [[#Glass Shard|glass shards]] [[File:Shard.png]] and [[Guide_to_construction#Rods|metal rods]] [[File:Rods.png]] can only embed from higher than normal throw speed, such as from explosions. Some more items that can embed from normal [[#Throwing|throws]] are: [[Syndicate_Items#Energy_Sword|Energy sword]] [[File:ESword.png]], [[#Combat_Knife|combat knife]] [[File:Buckknife.png]] and [[Syndicate_Items#Box_of_Throwing_Weapons|throwing star]] [[File:Tstar.png]].

==Execution With Guns==
If you target mouth [[File:Hud_target_mouth.gif]], and use any intent except [[Starter_guide#Harm_Intent|harm]] [[File:Intent_Harm.png]], you will aim for the target's head with a slow progress bar, and fire once it finishes (if the target is still in melee range). Mostly useful for roleplay. It also deals 10 times more damage.