Loving the feel of the game!
After playing a couple games and reading through both the main book and the into the wild supplement, I’m still uncertain how ranged attacks work.
- Are ranged attacks treated like regular attacks in the “Engaging in Combat Procedure”, or
- do they count as an action taken before combat when the “Enemy” is not “alert”?
If ranged attacks are alerting the “Enemy”, as per the rules found in the last sentence of “Sneaking Past Enemies”, I would assume that would mean the PCs can make a maximum of one ranged attack per encounter.
Into the wild does not use the term “alert”, however the table for “hiding” provides a situation where the “Enemy” is not aware of the PCs.