My personal doctrine for any differences in powerlevels is, if you're roleplaying a character that is supposed to be a fighter who would be capable enough to hold their own, or, in your opinion, would be more capable than their opponent, then the way to make it so that you're not a chore to RP with is just to assume they're the same strength as their opponent. One can easily roleplay their character being weaker or a less skilled fighter than another, but when you start to get into who's stronger than who things get messy.
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