Hi folks,

Pardon my asking if this is well-covered ground.  The question came up in our last session about how the block mechanic actually works.  Let's take a couple scenarios:

Scenario 1: defender has a 6 strength block and a dodge of 3.  The incoming attack is at strength 7.  The attack is adjusted down to 1, correct?  (7-6=1).  In that case, the dodge is the lesser defense and doesn't count.  This is straight from page 210 of YW.

Scenario 2: (here's where it gets a bit murky for my group): defender has a 3 point block and a 6 dodge.  The incoming attack is strength 7.  The attack is still adjusted down to 1, correct?  But in this case only the dodge factors into the defense.  Does the block either add anything else to the defense or mitigate the damage in any further way?

Scenario 3: hero casts block 4 against enemy caster's Discipline check.  If the enemy caster has a Disc. check of 6 and rolls a 6, did he succeed or did the block reduce the roll to a 2?  I'm trying to argue that the enemy caster succeeds with the spell at no penalty.

Your help is greatly appreciated.