Yep, this is when you reach deep into your bag of tricks and use an ability that ignores your opponent's Armor. Throw your cloak over his head to blind, confuse and disorient him. Take his breath away with Air magic, or make his equipment too heavy with Earth magic. Trip him. Run away and make him chase you. Throw acid or sand or hot water at his eyes to make him flinch. Drive him backwards over the 100' cliff. Make him think that reinforcements are coming with your "Throw Voice" ability. Taunt him into making a stupid move. Do a Three Stooges eye-poke ("Doink! Nyuk nyuk nyuk").
Anyone faced with a -10 Handicap/Defensive Edge is in a bad way to begin with. Claiming that he's screwed *because* of the rules is ignoring the fact that he is screwed *outside* of the rules. Is anyone going to defend a RQ-style "I have a 1d4 Fist and he's wearing Iron Plate worth 12 points" as "screwed by the rules"?
The whole idea of the contest system in HW is that any applicable ability can be used in a fight. You don't *have* to whack him with a chunk of metal to defeat him; you can outthink, outwit, or outmaneuver him.
And yes, edges & handicaps only reduce a bid to 1, not 0.
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