I reread the para on coup de grace and noticed that it's quite confused. A coup de grace is something you do _instead_ of a parting shot, using the same mechanic. The objective of combats needn't be the death of your opponent, but the express purpose of the coup de grace is to kill your opponent, not to increase the victory level.
My clarification of the rules text of the coup de grace is that parting shots increase the victory level, while a coup de grace merely kills the opponent. In some cases, where the objective is to kill your opponent, parting shot and coup de grace is interchangeable.
-- - Mikael Raaterova [.sig omitted on legal advice]
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