I don't think so. The 2w fellow is having his mastery cancelled by the opponents 10w3.
I was giving 10w3 vs 2w and 10w3 vs 20 as an example, which according to the cancelled masteries rule, turns into 10w2 vs 2 and 10w3 vs 20. The special rule for the same number of masteries doesn't get involved, since it's 3 vs 1 and 3 vs 0 masteries. As well, because of bumps, the high skill fellow never fails anyways.
And I don't disagree about the 2w person getting squashed like a bug. It's just that the 20 fellow (Even less skilled) seems to get squashed slower than the 2w fellow.
Ie:
10w3 vs 2w: By cancelling masteries: 10w2 vs 2
10w: A 1..19 roll gets bumped to a crit success (2 bumps) (95%)
2: a 3..19 roll is a failure. (85%)
Therefore the 2w fellow tends to get major defeats. (80% it's crit vs
fail)
10w3 vs 20: No masteries cancelled.
10w3: A 1..20 roll gets bumped to a crit success. (3 bumps) (100%)
20: a 2..19 roll is a success. (90%)
Therefore the 20 fellow tends to get minor defeats. (90% it's crit vs
succ)
Now, the 2w fellow does have a 0.5% chance (roll 1 (crit)or 2(success), and the foe rolls 20) of winning one round of a contest, and I'm ignoring a couple of other less frequent combinations.
Steven White
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