• If the mage uses Forces 2 to enhance or redirect a weapon’s strike, then the usual “Arete successes reduce difficulty” rule applies, adding to or subtracting from the difficulty of the shot. (See Magick Enhances Violence

• Because especially successful attacks score more damage than marginally successful ones, the decreased or increased difficulty might also affect the damage that a given blow inflicts. (For details, see Phase Three: Damage in Mage 20, Chapter Nine, p. 412-413.)