question about bookmark of dark vileness

[highorc]

someone can clearify me some points of the rules of this bookmark? (I'm italian sorry)

the rule say:
1.Show everyone the bookmark so they can satisfy themselves as to the exact nature of its vileness.
2.Discard as many cards as you like, from your hand only, and lose as many levels as you like (minimum 1).
3.Your chosen victim now loses as many levels as the total of the cards you discarded and the levels you lost. You must chortle gleefully.
4.Give the bookmark to the victim. It's his now. He may save it for later, or (if he is eligible) use it during the current game.
5.Note that once someone reaches 10th level, they have won. You can't use the bookmark on them AFTER they win, because the game is over!

so i want to know if i can lose example 3 card and 4level and the victim lose 7levels or i have to lose 3 card and 3level (the same number of card that i lose)and the victim lose only 3 level?

answer asap
Thank you.

[MunchkinMan]

The wording of the bookmark implies that there is no need to lose the same number of Levels as cards (both times, it says "as many . . . as you like"), the only important thing being that you must lose at least one Level to use this bookmark. The number of Levels the target loses is the total of cards and Levels the user of the bookmark gave up, so if you use this bookmark and dump 3 cards and 4 Levels, your target would have to lose 7 Levels.

For the bookmark to work the other way, where you would have to discard an equal number of cards and Levels, it would have to be worded along the lines of: "Discard as many cards as you like (minimum 1), now lose that many Levels." And then go on to say, "Your chosen victim no loses as many levels as the number of cards you discarded."

[highorc]

thank you very much!