Ship combat report: Round 1 volley, action chain and range dial

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire · Battle / Tactics

Art style Painterly illustration

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ship combat report: Round 1 volley, action chain and range dial

About this game

Developer: Obsidian Entertainment · Publisher: Versus Evil · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Painterly illustration · Screen type: Battle / Tactics

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What to study

Ship combat is resolved as a turn-based report, not a real-time broadside: the parchment page narrates the volley in prose, shows the round number and both captains, and hangs the turn's action icons on a vertical chain so the player reads the sequence top to bottom. The range dial (360m) and the paired resource bars at the bottom turn positioning and attrition into the two numbers that matter, and the single numbered Continue choice keeps the pacing brisk. Frame at about 53.6s in the Features Trailer (Steam). No trailer burn-in or caption on this frame.

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

numbered-options status-row

Components

Parts on screen.

Log Gauge Timeline

Screen inventory

  • parchment combat report: Watcher on The Defiant versus Well-Weathered Cormio on The Whirlwind
  • Round 1 marker with faction banners and captain portraits at the top
  • central chain of action icons (sail, turn, fire, hold) with a red arrow marker
  • range dial reading 360m and Our Resources versus Enemy Resources bars at the bottom
  • Results lines narrating cannon fire, with a 1: Continue choice

Top 3 colors

#c7b390 20%#3c3123 20%#b9a684 19%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire screenshot: Features Trailer (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Versus Evil.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-10-30. verified 2026-10-30: frame inspected visually at full resolution; round marker, action chain, range dial, resource bars and Continue choice all legible; frame from the official Features Trailer on Steam

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More from Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Neketaka city map: districts, route path and city dossier panel Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ship Management: Defiant deck plan, resources and cargo grids Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Scripted interaction book: illustrated page and Continue choice Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Level-up skills: Aloth reaches Level 4, active and passive lists

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