Re: Sorry, I'm missing something.

From: KYER, JEFFREY <jeff.kyer_at_...>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 09:17:43 -0500

Steve Lieb wrote:
>
> > > So what happens when Kost the Tracker bids 50 on his Hide Tracks and
> > > Bigmouth the Rubble Runner Broo only has 20 on his Sniff skill?
> > > Bigmouth can only bid 20, right?
> >
> > One: Kost has to do something that justifies a 50 AP bid.... I'd love
> > to know what the described action is.
>
> Maybe Kost lights a fire in a dry washout after transitting said gully
> to burn away any possible scent trail and prevent trackers from
> crossing and picking up his trail on the other side. I can see this
> one easily being a 50pt bid, as the result could be pretty
> spectacularly bad :)

Good call. Or he uses his INCREDIBLE knowlege of the desert to know when one of the Serpents rises.

He then goes across just before the washout.... With luck, Bigmouth is a washout too (that would be the overbidding effect)

But its not soimething I'd allow for everyday. One likes to have EVERYONE get a chance to whack back.

Jeff

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