{"id":"shared/rule/system/to-the-pain","type":"rule","system":"system","line":"shared","name":"To the Pain","sources":[{"source":"BoS","page":115}],"entries":["In a serious grudge match, certámen opponents may battle “to the pain.” In this case, the duelists employ Quintessence from their own life-force, and the fight lasts until one of them passes out from the strain. Story-wise, the two combatants sling power in one another’s directions in the usual way, but with serious focus and deep emotional investment.",{"type":"header","text":"System","level":4},"-wise, give each duelist an extra three Quintessence points for each dot of permanent Willpower they possess. This is not actual Quintessence, only a reflection of the contestants’ strength of will. Those “will points” go into the Locus, giving the duelists a deeper reserve of power. After the initial Quintessence points in the Locus (that is, the ones that aren’t drawn from Willpower) are depleted, the duelist needs to make a {@attribute Stamina|V20}","roll each time his Locus gets hit. That roll’s difficulty starts at 6, and then goes up +1 for each subsequent Willpower roll. If he succeeds, he keeps fighting; if he fails, the attacker drains a will point, and the defender loses one temporary Willpower point for every three will points that get drained. Once a combatant loses all of his will points, he drops unconscious and the certámen match ends. The losing mage wakes up with a ferocious headache and a temporary Willpower rating of 1 until he manages to restore his self-respect."],"_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"headed_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-12","job":"bos-rules"},"rule_type":"system","_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/shared/rule/system/to-the-pain","html":"/records/shared/rule/system/to-the-pain","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/shared/rule/system/to-the-pain/children","sources":[{"abbr":"BoS","page":115,"folio":115,"title":"The Book of Secrets"}]},"_db":{"title":"To the Pain","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"In a serious grudge match, certámen opponents may battle “to the pain.” In this case, the duelists employ Quintessence from their own life-force, and the fight lasts until one of them passes out from the strain.","tags":[],"children":[]}}