Canrippu takes two stress. It won't fit on his stress track so he soaks it with a Mild Consequence ("Limping"). His third stress box is still available.
I thought stress boxes went [I] [II] [III] and so on, so the third stress box can take up to three stress and the two stress would have resulted in marking off that box. Is that not right?
Cankamu, Jaw and Claw (59) + 18 (SotP tags x3) + 6 (bonus from Force Claw when the opponent doesn't know you have it) + 6 (dice) = 89
Hyōtsumaranai, Athletics (57) - 5 (staggered by BF) + 11 (Bounding Evasion) - 3 (dice) = 63
How was Cankamu (and the other dogs who did so) able to get the numeric benefit from both SotP and Force Claw without a combination stunt? Is it the same kind of possibly-temporary ruling as was made for
Roki?
Like his fellows before him, Hyōfajī is having a bad day. That's 9 shifts of damage (5 base, 4 from the Weapons Rating of the Force Claws).
Poor 'fajī sinks 2 into a Mild Consequence ("Slashed Paw"), 3 into a Medium ("Gashes in my Sides"), and 4 into a Severe ("Butchered"). His stress track is untouched.
This one is more a "should the rules be like this" than "are the rules like this": if I'm reading them correctly, this is legal, but it seems like it shouldn't be. The rules say:
If the resulting amount of stress DOES exceed your stress track, you must take one or more
Consequences in order to reduce the stress total such that it no longer exceeds your stress track.
You cannot use a Consequence slot unless the incoming damage would exceed your stress track (i.e., you cannot farm FP by deliberately taking a Mild Consequence in every fight). Taking Mild, Moderate, and Severe Consequences reduces incoming stress by 2, 3, or 4 respectively. (This is different from base Dresden Files.) You cannot use a Consequence slot again until it heals.
So according to a literal reading, and according to what was done here, it would seem like you can't take Consequences unless the damage exceeds your stress track, but if it does you can then take as many Consequences as you like. However, given the line about "such that it no longer exceeds", you could also imagine a procedure like:
- Check if damage exceeds stress track.
- If it does, assign a Consequence.
- Return to step one.
So that, roughly, you could only take as many Consequences as you need to to soak the damage. That would reduce discontinuity, which I tend to think of as generally a good thing. (I also don't really get why Hyōfajī would have chosen to take Consequences instead of using his stress track, since the former imposes roll penalties and the latter doesn't. Just to tank minor hits?)
