Yep, RQ3 uses MP vs MP, so if your MP goes down you are less able to overcome an opponent and less able to resist. You are less magically powerful the less juice you have.
In Gloranthan RQ, one of the advantages of being a Rune Lord was that you could defend with your POW rather than your MPs.
RQ2 used POW vs POW, but RQ2 didn't have the concept of MPs, it used Temporary POW and Permanent POW, so your POW ve POW was your current POW (the same as your MPs in RQ3) but most people who played RQ2 still refer to the contest as a "POW vs POW" roll.
I like the idea that you get less effective the more MPs you use. It makes powerful NPCs defeatable and makes you careful with your MPs.
In any case, as soon as you have some POW Storage Crystals/MP Storage Enchantments or similar items the question becomes moot.
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