Well, that was just a parenthical comment, the single-bumped failure is the one that vexes me -- a little, I should add, it's not exactly keeping me awake at night, or likely to destroy the workability of the game system. Not by a long chalk, in either case.
But it a little statistically odd; for example, it means that the betting on 10W vs 10 is about 3:1, whereas with 18W vs. 18, or with 2W vs. 2, it's about 8:1 (if memory serves). (In a simple contest, or a single round of an extended one, that is.) So the degree of advantage you get from a Mastery varies quite a bit, and in a way that doesn't instantly grab me as making a huge amount of game-world sense.
Granted both non-masters will likely get their bottoms booted, and I'm quibbling about 'how hard', and 'with what degree of certainty'.
> I'm more concerned about the state that the magic rules
> still seem to be in at this late stage.
I couldn't possibly comment...
Cheers,
Alex.
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