They fight back

Every NPC can now be struck, and answers as themselves: they fight, run, call their camp, get knocked out, and remember it.

The people of Heron Step now defend themselves and each other. Strike someone and the blow is theirs: their health drops, they hold a grudge against you, and they remember who did it. Whether they fight back or run depends on who they are - their courage, their temper, how hurt they already are. Their campmates come to help them, and wolves, boars or droids on the camp's ground bring them out too.

Nobody dies yet. Beat someone down and they lie knocked out for a while, then get up badly hurt - and the grudge survives a save and reload. Tonight's play test also added a lock-on (middle mouse) and driven strokes that place you at striking distance, so hits land. The fight doesn't feel the way we want yet; better swing animations and physical bodies come next.