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Old 03-27-2014, 08:47 PM   #28
Anthony
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
Default Re: Talents & Martial Arts

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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin View Post
As to final levels that depends on how good the people he is compared to are. If most armsmen in the setting are Skill-12 (at best) then a 16 beats the crap out of them.
Well, depends on your scale for 'beats the crap out of'. If we assume combat reflexes, hit probability for skill 12 vs parry 12 is 20.6%. Hit probability for skill 16 vs 9 parry is 67.7 (with deceptive attack 1). A better than 3:1 advantage is quite substantial, but that's still pretty likely to get unlucky and lose. You want more in the range of skill 20 (parry 14; hit probabilities 9.6% vs 83%) to really seem unstoppable.
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