Re: [HOE] Running from a fight (longish)

[Matt Crawford <matt@severian.chi.il.us>]

> > You are off by a raise.  Mere success is bupkus.  One raise causes -4,
> > and so on.
> [...]
> I've always assumed that beating the other roll by 1-4 is a success, 5-9 a
> raise, etc. I mean if Bob rolls a 9 to dodge and Joe rolls an 8 to hit
> then Bob successfully dodged. Right?

HOE rulebook, page 68 makes it clear that while you are correct that
beating an 8 with a 9 in an opposed roll is success, for a test of
wills winning by 1-4 points has no effect.  It takes 1, 2 or 3 raises
to cause an effect in a test o' wills.