Post originally by James_Nostack at 2005-01-07 14:58:04
Converted from Phorums BB System

"it's a system that can handle all of those at the same time. Seriously. I've run scenes where one character is swinging his sword wildly at another, and the target character is insulting him until he gives up."

Actually, yes: our own experience with this can be found in the Example of Play on the game's Wiki. A wizard was locked in a sorcerous combat as a bunch of people tried to chop his head off. Ah, the glories of an abstract damage system!