Rule of 16? Also, Re: [gurps] Harry Dresden?

[Anthony Jackson]

Lucas Bodnyk wrote:

> Am I correct in my reading of this, that a mage at skill (anything
> sufficiently high) can never get better than a 50% success rate
> against subjects with a 16 or higher relevant resistance?

Roughly, yes (critical hits and ties going to the defender make the
actual odds slightly different).
> 
> Is this a little bit unfair?

Resisted spells are already unfair -- to the non-mages. The rule of 16 
is one of the few things that makes resisted spells only moderately 
unbalanced.