Quoth<strong>evilnerf</strong>...<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">For my dodge, I rolled a 20 and a 14, which means I take 2 damage, I believe.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Not quite.  That isn't the damage you're taking, that's how many successes he scored to hit you.  You rolled no successes...but!  Ol' Patch has an extra disadvantage because you already hit him solidly last time.  So he needed both to hit you, and zero-margin results resolve inthe Player Character's favor.  So he doesn't even roll damage.<br/><br/>If he HAD hit you, he'd roll at least 2cd for the sword, and then we'd figure out how many points of stress you took from that.  Damage is not a set amount.<br/><br/>If you're trying physically strike and injure Eyepatch, you need to use Cunning as one of the two attributes.  You can use either Passion or Empathy for the other since you're hoping to provoke him, but Cunning is needed.  If you are simply trying to psyche him out, Passion and Empathy work nicely.