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Topic: Using brawn and/or magic to calculate damage score

• Northern_Star
  
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  Using brawn and/or magic to calculate damage score

  17 December 2016 at 4:23pm

  Hello to the community,

  I apologise if this question has been asked before: when calculating the damage score in combat, point 4 on page 8 says to roll a die and add one's brawn or magic score to the result, whichever is highest. This sounds non-optional.
  Then later, in round 2 of the combat example, point 2 on page 10, it says Sir Hugo chooses to add his brawn score (which is indeed higher than his magic score). This definitely sounds like he has a choice.

  So, is it mandatory to apply the highest score or can you choose? I haven't started the adventure yet, but I was just thinking there could be encounters that perhaps apply some sort of detrimental effect to the hero depending on which stat he uses.
  I just wanted to make sure beforehand.

  Thanks!
• Da Boss
  
  Forum Moderator
  1013 posts
  Re: Using brawn and/or magic to calculate damage score

  18 December 2016 at 9:28am

  Hi Northern Star

  Welcome to the forums.

  You have a choice whether to choose brawn or magic, but you will inevitably always want to choose your highest in combat to do the most amount of damage. There are no instances in the first three books where it would be detrimental to you to use one over the other (as hybrid characters were just too difficult to implement. That is not to say, they won't be making an appearance in future).

  Hope that helps, and enjoy the book/s. Let us know how you get on!
• Northern_Star
  
  Community Member
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  Re: Using brawn and/or magic to calculate damage score

  18 December 2016 at 12:11pm

  Thank you so much for taking the time to clarify this!