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The combat section in HB Sorc is much clearer than the old text. I think I'm just about there. One last thing I wonder: The rules seem to suggest that there are circumstances in which my victories this round count as damage this round
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bonuses next round. Is that true always, sometimes or never?
Also, I was rereading the pdf &Sword. It talks about saving up victories to cancel out "non-victory dice (yours or your opponent's)," and that this is a way to get some Total Victories going. I completely see how cancelling out non-victory dice of your opponent can be useful. I don't understand the concept and use of cancelling out your own non-victory dice.
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Jim
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Not having actually purchased Sorcerer & Sword (please, let's keep the heckling down in front), this is the first I've heard of the cancellation rules. I agree with Jim - it's a damn cool mechanic that I wish I had known about before. And like Jim, I immediately thought of the intrinsic narrative potential underlying it, as opposed to the strategic/gamist quality it could potentially provide.
Very cool stuff.
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Scott and everyone,
The cancellation-victory rules in Sorcerer & Sword are extremely dangerous, and I suggest using them only in games in which combat is central to conflict resolution and strongly linked to emotional/thematic content. The uncertainty and fear that arises from regular Sorcerer combat can become more of a mow'em-down situation if the cancelling rules are applied freely.
I suggest thinking in terms of all the character's features - are Cover, Humanity, Stamina, Will, and perhaps even Lore "focused together" during this combat? Also consider the metagame/Narrativist context: is this a situation in which everyone at the table is attentive and engaged? These aren't rules, merely suggestions - the idea is to have the cancelling really hit hard and be special, not just an ongoing way to wax a foe because you're a bad-ass.
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Ron
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