Can I change my combat style with a second engage?

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Yes — each engage action (including a second one) lets you declare and change your battle form, but additional engage actions cost 1 light fatigue (2 on Expert). During the Engage action sequence, step 2 is "Choose Battle Form," where you declare the battle form you will use and "may change to another form by marking the new form on your adventurer mat" [p.59 — Battle Rules]. This choice is made independently each time you perform an engage action, so a second engage lets you pick a different battle form than your first. However, engaging more than once per turn has a cost: "If this is your first engage action this turn, skip this step. For each additional engage action, gain 1 light fatigue. If playing on Expert difficulty, you must gain 2 light fatigue instead of 1" [p.59 — Battle Rules]. There's otherwise no limit to how many engage actions you can perform in a turn [p.59 — Battle Rules]. Note that your battle form also determines which skill dice you can gather and your range for the engage, so changing form for a second engage is often done specifically to use a different skill line or reach a different target [p.61 — Battle Form]. Watch out: If you take a second move action instead of an additional engage, you lose the ability to engage at all that turn — the two are mutually exclusive in that specific case [p.59 — Actions]. This doesn't affect multiple engages, only the move-action restriction.

Can I change my combat style with a second engage?

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