Hi. New around here. Great looking game. Can’t wait to get the books.
A few questions about combat. Specifically the Directly Engage move, inflicting conditions on villains, and villain moves.
Directly Engage includes “trade blows” and “create an opportunity” and “impress/frighten”. Is it just a simple matter of “trading blows” to inflict a condition on a villain? Seems villains are quite weak then with a max of only five conditions. With a decent-sized group even the biggest-bad could be down in a single round.
My reading is that you need to “create an opportunity” to set up another PC for that “gets hit hard” that’s mentioned in the Villains in a Fight section, and only then will they take a condition. Is that right?
That frighten bit from Directly Engage, does that mean inflicting the condition Afraid?
Lastly, Villain condition moves. PC clear conditions when they make their condition moves, do the villains also clear conditions when they make their condition moves?
Sorry if these are answered to death. A link to prior discussion would be greatly appreciated if they were.
Thanks.
EDIT: Also, a question about Influence. Every adult automatically gets Influence over the PCs… including the villains (if they’re adults)?