A good rule of thumb is to never stack actions in your post. One offensive and one defensive (if you want) action per post is usually a good way to self-contain.

You write a reaction to an attack, you can chose to counter or you can chose to do nothing beyond rolling out of the way. Some times, a situation won't let you follow up with an attack. The important thing is to... ideally, leave your attack actions open-ended, so that the other party can have a choice/response. ;D


This is not a very good explanation, but this is just a brief... overview? lol. It's okay, treat this as practice. ;D Shorter posts are your friends.