Re: After Demo Dust Settles

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 09:02:47 -0700

> > > >Oh yeah, one more. A dog man is attacking a hero with his bite (^1).
> > The
> > > >hero is defending with his spear and shield combat ability (^3) and
> > > >wearing leather armor (^2 all together for armor). The dog man bids
5
> > and
> > > >suffers a marginal defeat. Would the dog man lose just 5 APs, or
would
> > it
> > > >lose 8 APs (5 bid plus 3 for the spear)?
> > >
> > > The latter.
> > > Wulf

The Attacker's weapon rank is compared to Defender's armor rank for a net edge or handicap. An edge means that the defender will lose *more* AP than the attacker would, while a handicap means he loses *less*:

The dogman's Bite (^1) is compared to the human's Leather & Shield (^2) for a net ^-1 handicap to the dogman.
On a 5 AP bid, the dogman risks 5 AP, while the Human risks only 4 AP as the base (this base value is then multiplied for degree of victory).

On the Human's turn, his Spear (^3) is compared to the Dogmans (non-existant) armor for a net ^3 edge to the human. On a 5 AP bid, the Human risks 5 AP, while the dogman stands to lose 8 AP as the base.

Hope this helps.
RR