Vikingnewt
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7 successes... mortal characters do not get 2 successes on a 10...Teln said:(1,5,6,7,4,9,10,10,10,8,9,2,6, ten successes). Unlikely? Gods yes, but perfectly possible.
i also see little downside to regularly beating my players for purposes of good circulation and training.
a stupid player of mine that seemed to think taking ox-bod 3 times counted as adequate defense had his abyssal take a metric shitload of bashing damage from a grumpy old man with robes and a beard in turn causing him to lose conciousness with all but two health boxes filled with lethal damage, and all filled with bashing.
during that combat the grumpy old man used his martial arts (nothing outside of the 5-fold-dragon path) to resist and dodge all of his ill thought out attacks before exploding and laying him low. (leaving him unconcious and leaving a letter pinned to his chest.)
regularly taking damage and having to appreciate that they arent unkillable is a damn good thing, and some of the best fights really are those with all parties coming off with some mean cuts and bruises and a bleeder.
i also feel inclined to point out that even my DB campaign - it takes alot of effort on my part to endanger one of my pc's usually - and that if players are resorting to perfect defences all the time they are failing to realise how much easier it is to remember to use stunts, DODGE dv's and PARRY. then comes hardness and natural soak... even lamellar is pretty good - so that first attacks rarely if ever kill or injure.