I've personally decided to go with resist with the best relevant ability and then liberal use of situational modifiers to tweak as needed.
But as with all contests, the main filter on how to interpret things is what the goal the ability is being used to achieve is.
LC
On 21 Sep 2004 at 22:22, Jane Williams wrote:
> I'd tend to look at what the magic is trying to achieve. If the
> objective is "hit target with large stone, thereby hurting them", that's
> a mundane effect brought about by magical means, and "dodge falling
> rock" would be quite a good ability to resist with.
>
> If it's "terrify opponent with sound of thunder as rock whizzes past
> them", defending with Brave sounds good. "Initiate of Orlanth" would
> also work on the grounds of "thunder is my friend".
>
> If the player hasn't bothered to work out some SFX for their magic, pick
> the highest possible skill to defend with :)
>
> Then again, we have the classic tree-jumping contest to consider. Which
> would tend to suggest the opposite conclusion :(
>
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