Mixed Action
Exalted Essence - Flurry
Flurry: Flurries allow a character to take two simple actions. These must be two different actions, so it cannot be two attacks (even if generated from actions such as rush), or two attempts to talk down a foe, but it can be an attack and an attempt at intimidation. When your character makes a flurry, reduce both pools by three dice. A flurry with a rolled and unrolled action penalizes the rolled action. If an effect creates a flurried action, apply the penalty to the created action’s roll. This penalty cannot be reduced or ignored unless an effect specifically states so. A character can only take two simple actions per combat round. This includes simple actions taken in response to things, like counterattacks (see p. 184). Unless they have a specific restriction or generate a simple action (typically via Charm use), reflexive actions do not count toward this limit.
All actions have a set difficulty, explained on p. 117.
Storypath Ultra - Mixed Actions
Sometimes a player may want to split a character’s attention to take two different actions at the exact same time. Unless otherwise noted, a player may choose to combine two actions into the same roll to perform them at the exact same time, referred to as a mixed action.
When doing this follow these steps:
Form a dice pool using the lower pool for the two tasks she is trying to complete and rolls; she cannot perform the same action on two different targets as part of a mixed action.
Apply the highest Enhancement she might have from either action to her hit pool, but the Storyguide may decide to only allow the lowest Enhancement if appropriate
Spend hits on overcoming the difficulty to accomplish each task separately
Spend hits to buy off the highest Complication associated with the set of actions or purchase Tricks associated with each. Other Complications are ignored.
If the player does not garner enough hits to spend on both difficulties, she picks which difficulty she wants to overcome and completes only that action. If she fails both actions, no Complications occur.
Also known as ...
Mixed Action (Storypath, Storypath Ultra)
Flurry (Exalted 3e)
Flurry (Exalted Essence)