taking damage while running

[stickman]

Can someone explain how this works? eg. if im fighting an animal and i move right when they are swinging at me my defence will go to 0 and they will deal damage.

Is there a reason for this? If i were to use unarmed instead of melee would this still occur?

[Dataslycer]

Yes. This is the scenario of what I call being caught flatfooted. Even ants can do this to someone with 100 combat skills.

[stickman]

so it even will reduce teh defence of someone using dodge?

[Avu]

Another fail of the combat system. You're expected in theory to be able to run from a stronger opponent. In practice he can just one hit you if you run.