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attacking

Real combat is the combatant trait plus a combat interceptor, registered from a .story by one header line: use combat (the reference). A story that wants scripted fights instead has the reaction seam: an on the player attacking clause whose phrase replaces the standard reply.

The author writes:

create the Training Yard
  a room

  Packed dirt and a straw dummy on a post.

create the training dummy
  aka dummy
  scenery
  in the Training Yard

  A straw man on a post, much abused.

  on the player attacking
    phrase dummy-thud
  end on

create Alex
  a person
  playable
  starts in the Training Yard

define phrases en-US
  dummy-thud:
    You catch the dummy square in the chest. It rocks back on its post,
    then swings around to face you again, unimproved.

before the game starts
  change the player to Alex
end before

The player sees:

> attack me
Violence against yourself isn't the answer.

> hit the training dummy
You catch the dummy square in the chest. It rocks back on its post, then swings around to face you again, unimproved.