> >Am I calculating something incorrectly?
>
> No... except that you're counting "Both Marginal Defeat" as a tie.
In
> contests where only the actor's result counts (like enhancements...)
this
> is really a defeat.
In that case, skill of 17 vs. resistance of 17W: actor wins 4.25%, ties 4.75% (crit vs crit - narrator call), and loses 91.00%
Skill of 2W vs. resistance of 17W: actor wins 1.50%, ties 4.75% (crit vs crit - narrator call), and loses 93.75%
[To Alex on 1's and 20's rules]
> I think 1w is slightly more effective in contests against other
values
> that have exactly one mastery - they don't get all those criticals
> anymore. And as someone else said, +1 AP. Not a _lot_ of difference,
but
> increasing an ability by 1 never is. That's why I want enhancements
to
> work better. :-)
Getting a failure vs. an opponent's success is better than getting a success vs. his failure? In simple contests it makes no difference, and in extended a forfeit x2 can take you out when a transfer x1 would not. (And I don't see many AP running around in simple contests...)
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