Attack & damage

How much damage a hit deals.

Damage is the attacker’s Attack minus the defender’s Defense (or Resistance against magic), never below 0. Weapon might from the triangle is added before Effectiveness & class typing multiplies it.

Exalted gives many weapons a separate triangle position (a sword that fights as Wind, a lance that deals Dark magic damage): the weapon type decides who can use it and its rank, the triangle position decides the triangle and whether Def or Res defends.