Hey! Thank you so much for picking up the game, I’m so happy you are enjoying it!
Clarification on counter attacks:
If you are attacked with a melee weapon or brawling or any kind of Might-based attack and you have not yet taken a turn you can choose to counterattack with a melee weapon or brawling (you can also choose to take the hit). You cannot counter a melee attack using a ranged weapon.
If you are attacked with a ranged weapon and you have not yet taken a turn you may counterattack using a ranged weapon (if you have one). All of your gear slots are considered to be accessible at any time so as long as you have a ranged weapon you can counterattack with it. Again, you can choose to take the hit OR dodge.
Yes, with the Static 3/6/9/12 you must BEAT those numbers. So EASY (3) would require you to have a total of 4 or higher to succeed (so, no a roll of 3 will not make it).
I am currently writing GRIT Galaxies, I expect perhaps early to mid 2025. There is a lot of testing yet to do and all the illustration work.
Thanks again for checking out GRIT!