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<blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 6757786" data-attributes="member: 6685730">With Modos RPG, I've taken two steps forward in redefining physical &quot;damage&quot;:- Physical damage is your opponent's progress toward his combat goal (often decapitating you),- Favorable attacks deal a minimum of 1 damage,and one step back:- Weapons tend to deal more damage as they get larger.The first two rules make damage more abstract - it's not a &quot;hit&quot; or a &quot;wound,&quot; but something that indicates how close you are to losing.&nbsp; The second is more concrete - things that make bigger gashes can do more damage.Are these ideas necessarily at odds?&nbsp; Is a character's lifespan decidedly shorter when going up against a claymore versus a knife?&nbsp; Note that characters, PCs in particular, have the agency to say what the outcome of an opponent's attack was on themselves, so Meat-lovers can say they took a wound, while Fate-followers can call the damage a well-earned parry.&nbsp; Both take the same damage.I ask because I'm about to set the new version in digital stone and value your ENsights.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GMMichael, post: 6757786, member: 6685730"] With Modos RPG, I've taken two steps forward in redefining physical "damage": - Physical damage is your opponent's progress toward his combat goal (often decapitating you), - Favorable attacks deal a minimum of 1 damage, and one step back: - Weapons tend to deal more damage as they get larger. The first two rules make damage more abstract - it's not a "hit" or a "wound," but something that indicates how close you are to losing. The second is more concrete - things that make bigger gashes can do more damage. Are these ideas necessarily at odds? Is a character's lifespan decidedly shorter when going up against a claymore versus a knife? Note that characters, PCs in particular, have the agency to say what the outcome of an opponent's attack was on themselves, so Meat-lovers can say they took a wound, while Fate-followers can call the damage a well-earned parry. Both take the same damage. I ask because I'm about to set the new version in digital stone and value your ENsights. [/QUOTE]

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