Editing Samsara:Contests (section)

===Variation: Weapons and Tactics===
If you want to use both weapon types and tactics, you need to decide which to stress as the most important.  The secondary choice will then operate as a further +/- 1 Effect rating. 

If you stress tactics, then base the Effect rating on the tactic and then -1 for smaller/less deadly weapons and +1 for larger/more deadly weapons.  If you stress weapons, then base the Effect rating on the weapon and -1 for a defensive/conservative tactic and +1 for a more aggressive tactic.  

Thus, if you focus on tactics and you get the Mad Berserker into a fight with only a dagger, the Effect might be: 4 (from tactics) -1 (small weapon) = 3.   If you want to focus on weapons, then the Effect rating would be: 1 (dagger) + 1 (aggressive tactics) = 2.  The games’ focus will make a difference.

Please recall that a minimum of 1 check must be delivered to either the protagonist or the antagonist, so Effect ratings below 1 are not possible.  See the next section for more on this principle.