======Defenses======
There are a wide variety of defensive abilities which may be used to stop or mitigate an attack in REFUGE LARP. These may be summed up as four types of defensive calls, each of which has many specific implementations. The source of the defense which is being called must be stated with any defensive verbal, for example “[[Weapon Shield]]” or “[[Resist]].”

A given defense can only be used once by a creature against a single attack. Multiple defenses can be triggered by multiple people against a single attack in the right circumstances, such as a Bane effect being Reflected and then the original target expending a [[Spell Shield]]. 

You must always call a verbal for your defensive abilities immediately when used, and IG, it is obvious to anyone watching which defense was used. You may not call a defense and then have your character pretend to be affected to fool your attackers. Only one defensive ability may be called against a single attack, even if you have multiple defensive abilities which might apply to the attack.

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Defenses are classified as either Smart or Dumb in their description. 

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If a player doesn’t know what a defense does, they can ask a quick OOG question “What type of defense is that?” The person who used the defense can then reply whether it’s e.g. a Smart Guard, a Dumb Return, or whatever accurately describes what the defense does.

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