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Originally Posted by Canuck Lad
So you fight a novice. Let's say you choose to put in no more mental exertion than he does. You're saying your attacks are no less difficult to defend than his? I don't believe that is correct.
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No. He said exactly the opposite of that.
The expert exerts himself, taking riskier moves (Deceptive Attack) which he has a better chance of performing the novice (who can't even perform that level of Deceptive at all) in order to advantage of the novice's much lower defensive capacity.
The expert simply doesn't get this for free. If he wants to just trade generic swings with his foe (expending no more "mental" effort than the novice), he will strike with more surety (only failing on a 17 or 18 where the novice misses on a 13+) and has a greater defensive capacity. So he is likely to eventually win (in the Infinite Whiteboard of Theorycrafting).
but the expert can afford to get sneaky. They can better throw Deceptive Attacks. They can Feint. They can aim for better targets (like their foe's weapon arm, or a leg) for a faster means of ending the fight.
But again, they don't get this if they just trade vanilla swings that they have managed to 'perfect'.