Defeat the bandit.

One Clash, two participants

Both sides are aware. Your Hero draws a Trained Prowess Performance, then adds Weapon +2 once. The bandit draws one of ten equally likely results and adds Attack +1. Neither receives Shield Power. These are two sides of the same Exchange, not an attack followed by a free counterattack.

Resolve in this order

1. Draw the Hero’s tokens, then the bandit’s result.
2. Drawn Momentum breaks enemy armor one step maximum. Enemy ! breaks Hero armor one step. Both trigger even on a losing draw.
3. A margin of 1–3 shifts Position one step; 4+ shifts two. Ties hold. A Shield can prevent one step of Position loss once per combat.
4. Apply both resulting Position consequences. Unbroken armor blocks one Wound instance and then deteriorates: Intact → Damaged → Broken.

The prepared Hero

Your 20-token practice bag has one Prowess Potential already made into Momentum. Momentum gives 2V in Prowess and remains active when drawn; its armor-break trigger does not spend it. A winning Advance makes one remaining Prowess Potential into Momentum, when available. The Origin token immediately adds the highest eligible Reserve total in the whole bag, minimum 1V; it does not create Reserve.

Control or Impulse Embers contribute only to their matching Shade; Versatility contributes to either. Potential, Sense and Motivation give 1V. Weight is off in this crossing’s Clash. Fortune gives 2V; Fate gives 0V because this practice uses Advance. You may call Favor once, after seeing your Hero draw and before revealing the bandit’s result, from the separate 23-token Favor Bag.

Health and the end of practice

Exceeding your Seed’s Fatigue capacity clears all Fatigue and adds one Strain token to your bag. Strain occupies a draw slot for 0 Power. Exceeding Strain capacity clears all Strain and adds a Wound. Wounds reduce the Trained draw of three by one each, minimum one. Armor does not block Fatigue or internal Health spillover.

The bandit is a regular opponent: one unblocked Wound drives them off. Their fixed enemy pool does not use a Hero Bag or Seed-based Strain conversion; enemy Fatigue is recorded. This practice ends when your Hero reaches their Seed’s Wound limit. That is this encounter’s stopping condition, not a declaration of death.

If you become Overwhelmed, this bandit accepts your provision pouch as an agreed concession instead of that Exchange’s Wound. Ending practice separately is a session control, not a guaranteed in-game escape.

This encounter automates an aware, Trained Prowess duel. Unanswered attacks, other Pathways, higher Training, group abilities and broader fictional actions remain outside this preset.

Physical Conflicts · Position · Health Tokens · Performance