Like many (most?) people coming to EW from BoL, I initially really disliked the damage rules, which seemed at first glance like an unnecessary complication of BoL's nice simple system.
However, on reflection, I realised that actually they're not any more complicated, and make it much easier to...
Personally, BoL (and by extension Everywhen) is one of my absolute favourite systems, both for low fantasy and most other things too.
I'm currently part way through running a swashbuckling Three Musketeers-era campaign (a pre-written one originally designed to be used with Flashing Blades)...
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