Wheel of Time MUD

Base max engage is based off of db
131+ is 6, 115+ is 7, below 115 is 9
that is then modified by your abs and your encumbrance
with a possibility of +6 or +3
if you have a bunch of abs and are very encumbered
if you're indoor it's modified -2
if you're a mob it's modified +4
once that's done you have your actual max engage value

now it goes through and counts up everyone engaged on you
mobs and fists count as 1
sblades count as 2
axes clubs lbades lances count as 4
everything else counts as 3
if your max engage value is >= sum of the weapons engaged on you then someone else can engage

so for example we showed that Mikhan had a base value of 6, so he was able to get 7 mobs on him

porka and I wielded halberds and byrg had an axe
if porka and I engaged first, byrg could hit

so the reason ds city heads look like they have shitty max engage is that a dodger hits with > 131 db so they're down to a number of 4. A trolloc with an axe gets on by spamming and only 1 mob will be able to assist
when you get bashed your db is going to be below 115 for sure so you're either getting +3 or +2 to your max engage number, which is almost always going to get someone else on you