I have a petty little question with combat that wouldn't really affect the gameplay but It would answer a lot of questions.
When a character uses all their dice it's like using everything they have got right? But what if one has ten dice and one has twenty total. Do they both look the same like diving for the final strike and one is just more powerful. Or when the 20 combat pool guy uses 10 dice twice in one round and the 10 combat pool guy uses it once, do they look like they are using the same amount of effort in the first part of the round but the 20 combat pool guy can just do it twice, Or does it look like the 20 guy is using only half his total effort.


P.S. I think I might have repeated myself so don't get confused too much.

the combat pools have nothing to do with effort (without SA's that is) They have to do with skill. The guy with 20 dice is not swinging harder, he's swinging better. He's timing his strikes, guaging distance and reacting fast enough to put the pointy bits where they'll be the most uncomfortable (Upward swing, zone XI) In all likelyhood he's probably exerting himself less than the guy with the pool of 10. He knows how to move better, to put his weight and leverage behind whatever he's doing.

wolfsong wrote: the combat pools have nothing to do with effort (without SA's that is) They have to do with skill. The guy with 20 dice is not swinging harder, he's swinging better. He's timing his strikes, guaging distance and reacting fast enough to put the pointy bits where they'll be the most uncomfortable (Upward swing, zone XI) In all likelyhood he's probably exerting himself less than the guy with the pool of 10. He knows how to move better, to put his weight and leverage behind whatever he's doing.

yea, that makes much more sense than effort, it lookes like i'm going to have to change a few things around in my head.......(three hours later)...all done, much better.