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Use combat only when substantive active combat materially organizes the scene. Active combat includes initiative or turn exchanges, attacks, combat spells, damage, saves, movement, or similarly sustained hostile action.

Do not use combat for planning or preparing for a possible fight; threats, hostile dialogue, or a tense confrontation; immediate aftermath, looting, healing, or discussion of a completed fight; a recap or in-world recollection of earlier combat; or out-of-character rules discussion without active encounter play.

When a chunk contains substantive active combat alongside brief setup, rules clarification, interruption, phase transition, or immediate aftermath, classify it as combat.