diff --git a/src/components/Combat.vue b/src/components/Combat.vue
index e3da25a..05e162e 100644
--- a/src/components/Combat.vue
+++ b/src/components/Combat.vue
@@ -113,24 +113,27 @@ export default class Combat extends Vue {
   writeLog (entry: LogEntry, cls = "") {
     const log = this.$el.querySelector(".log")
     if (log !== null) {
-      const before = log.querySelector("div.log-entry")
-      const holder = document.createElement("div")
-      holder.classList.add("log-entry")
+      const elements = entry.render()
+
+      if (elements.length > 0) {
+        const before = log.querySelector("div.log-entry")
+        const holder = document.createElement("div")
+        holder.classList.add("log-entry")
+        entry.render().forEach(element => {
+          holder.appendChild(element)
+        })
+
+        if (cls !== "") {
+          holder.classList.add(cls)
+        }
 
-      entry.render().forEach(element => {
-        holder.appendChild(element)
-      })
+        const hline = document.createElement("div")
+        hline.classList.add("log-separator")
+        log.insertBefore(hline, before)
+        log.insertBefore(holder, hline)
 
-      if (cls !== "") {
-        holder.classList.add(cls)
+        log.scrollTo({ top: 0, left: 0 })
       }
-
-      const hline = document.createElement("div")
-      hline.classList.add("log-separator")
-      log.insertBefore(hline, before)
-      log.insertBefore(holder, hline)
-
-      log.scrollTo({ top: 0, left: 0 })
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/game/combat.ts b/src/game/combat.ts
index fbd99cd..fb13010 100644
--- a/src/game/combat.ts
+++ b/src/game/combat.ts
@@ -556,8 +556,11 @@ export class Encounter {
       const effectResults = this.currentMove.effects.map(effect => effect.preTurn(this.currentMove)).filter(effect => effect.prevented)
 
       if (effectResults.some(result => result.prevented)) {
+        const parts = effectResults.map(result => result.log).concat([this.nextMove()])
+
+        console.log(parts)
         return new LogLines(
-          ...effectResults.map(result => result.log).concat([this.nextMove()])
+          ...parts
         )
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/game/combat/effects.ts b/src/game/combat/effects.ts
index 03e7a08..3e620ad 100644
--- a/src/game/combat/effects.ts
+++ b/src/game/combat/effects.ts
@@ -135,3 +135,22 @@ export class DazzlingEffect extends StatusEffect {
     }
   }
 }
+
+export class SurrenderEffect extends StatusEffect {
+  constructor () {
+    super('Surrendered', 'This creature has given up', 'fas fa-flag')
+  }
+
+  onApply (creature: Creature): LogEntry {
+    return new LogLine(
+      `${creature.name.capital} ${creature.name.conjugate(new Verb('surrender'))}!`
+    )
+  }
+
+  preTurn (creature: Creature): { prevented: boolean; log: LogEntry } {
+    return {
+      prevented: true,
+      log: nilLog
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/game/creatures/human.ts b/src/game/creatures/human.ts
index 915adc7..1957fe7 100644
--- a/src/game/creatures/human.ts
+++ b/src/game/creatures/human.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { Creature } from "../creature"
-import { Vigor, Stats, Vigors } from '../combat'
+import { Vigor, Stats, Vigors, CompositionAction } from '../combat'
 import { Noun, Pronoun, ImproperNoun } from '../language'
 import { VoreType } from '../vore'
+import { StatusConsequence } from '../combat/consequences'
+import { SurrenderEffect } from '../combat/effects'
 
 export class Human extends Creature {
   constructor (name: Noun, pronouns: Pronoun, options: {
@@ -22,5 +24,17 @@ export class Human extends Creature {
 
     this.title = "Snack"
     this.desc = "Definitely going on an adventure"
+
+    this.actions.push(new CompositionAction(
+      "Surrender",
+      "uwu",
+      {
+        consequences: [
+          new StatusConsequence(
+            () => new SurrenderEffect()
+          )
+        ]
+      }
+    ))
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/game/interface.ts b/src/game/interface.ts
index 9cbfb80..4bfb393 100644
--- a/src/game/interface.ts
+++ b/src/game/interface.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export class LogLines implements LogEntry {
   }
 
   render (): HTMLElement[] {
+    let nonEmpty = false
     const div = document.createElement("div")
 
     this.parts.forEach(part => {
@@ -37,16 +38,18 @@ export class LogLines implements LogEntry {
         const partDiv = document.createElement("div")
         partDiv.innerText = part
         div.appendChild(partDiv)
+        nonEmpty = true
       } else if (part !== nilLog) {
         (part as LogEntry).render().forEach(logPart => {
           const partDiv = document.createElement("div")
           partDiv.appendChild(logPart)
           div.appendChild(partDiv)
+          nonEmpty = true
         })
       }
     })
 
-    return [div]
+    return nonEmpty ? [div] : []
   }
 }
 
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ export class LogLine implements LogEntry {
   }
 
   render (): HTMLElement[] {
+    let nonEmpty = false
     const div = document.createElement("span")
 
     this.parts.forEach(part => {
@@ -112,14 +116,16 @@ export class LogLine implements LogEntry {
         const partSpan = document.createElement("span")
         partSpan.innerText = part
         div.appendChild(partSpan)
+        nonEmpty = true
       } else if (part !== nilLog) {
         (part as LogEntry).render().forEach(logPart => {
           div.appendChild(logPart)
+          nonEmpty = true
         })
       }
     })
 
-    return [div]
+    return nonEmpty ? [div] : []
   }
 }