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Originally Posted by superboi
It sounds to me like conflicts can get really drawn out if this is the case: unless a player is willing to concede, it doesn't sound like there's any kind of "one hit" takedown, since (if I've got this right) you'd need to beat your opponent's roll by 6 just to inflict a consequence, and characters can take four consequences before being taken out. That's at least four really good rolls for a takedown, potentially twice as many if you're whittling down stress boxes.
On the face of it, this seems like it would make combat drag. I'd be interested in hearing more actual play examples of how this works out.
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Using aspects can get you that 6-points-of-margin on a roll much faster than you might expect, but also note, this part of the "wound system" only really applies for player characters and named NPCs (big bads); there's a much faster minions (mooks) element where you can take on 20 shrieking cultists at once and wrap it up in a matter of a few minutes.
But I shouldn't take on this question, since I'm not to be trusted -- I helped design the thing.
There are several examples of actual play out there, some of which are on the AP board here.