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+Posture represents balance, readiness, and combat momentum.
+- All creatures start with **10 Posture** unless otherwise stated.
+- While you have **at least 1 Posture**, you may **Parry or Dodge** attacks.
+- If your Posture is reduced to **0**, you are **Staggered** until the start of your next turn.
+- If you are Staggered due to an attack reducing your posture, additionally take the full damage of that attack.
+
+When an attack would hit you and you have Posture remaining, you may spend **1 Reaction** to choose **Parry** or **Dodge**.
+> All humanoid enemies, including bosses, follow these same rules unless explicitly stated otherwise.
+### **Parry
+You meet force with force, attempting to redirect or overpower the attack.
+**Trigger:** You are targeted by a parryable attack.  
+**Cost:** 1 Reaction
+**Parry Check**
+- Roll your Parry Throw against the attacker’s Attack Throw. 
+- If the attack hits multiple times, make multiple Parry Throws against the attacker's Attack Throw for each hit.
+#### **Success**
+- You take **no damage**.
+- You lose **1 Posture**.
+- You may immediately make **one Melee Attack Action** against the attacker.
+- This counterattack cannot be parried, but may still be dodged or mitigated by armor and effects.
+#### **Failure (Soft Fail)**
+- You do **not** take damage from this attack.
+- Instead, you are forced into a **Block** against the **next attack** before your next turn.
+---
+### **Block
+Blocking represents bracing yourself after a failed parry.
+- Blocking is **automatic** and cannot be chosen voluntarily.
+- You take **no HP damage**, but suffer **Posture damage**.
+**Posture Damage While Blocking**
+- Posture loss = **Weapon Weight × Number of Damage Dice** of the attack.
+- If this reduces your Posture to 0, you are immediately [[Staggered]].
+>Blocking cannot trigger counterattacks or effects tied to successful parries.
+
+---
+### Dodge
+You evade instead of contesting force.
+**Trigger:** You are targeted by an attack.  
+**Cost:** 1 Reaction
+**Dodge Check**
+- Roll your Dodge Throw against the attacker’s Attack Throw.
+#### **Success**
+- You take **no damage**.
+- Move **3 meters** in any direction.
+- Immediately remove **Burning** or **Chill** conditions.
+- This movement does not provoke reactions.
+#### **Failure**
+- You take the attack normally.
+- Dodge does **not** reduce posture on failure.
+
+### Posture Damage
+* If a humanoid is hit by a normal weapon attack: 
+	* They take the weapons (Weight / 2) as Posture Damage
+* If a monster (larger or taller) is hit by a normal weapon attack:
+	* They take the full weapon weight as Posture Damage.