Re: tweaks...

From: David Stephen Bell <davebell_at_...>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 00:54:08 -0000

> Dave Bell suggests
>
> >1. Somone in a very early post (sorry I can't find it at the
moment)
> >pointed out that in a contest between an ability 4W and an ability
4,
> >when BOTH succeed the low ability is disproportionally liable to
win
> >the contest.
> >One way to avoid this is to revert to the Pendragon dice result
where
> >the HIGHEST roll wins. Unlike Pendragon though, 1 remains a
critical
> >and of course criticals always beat normal successes. The 4 can
still
> >beat the 4W but must now roll 4 or less but higher than the 4W -
> >possible but less likely.
>
>
> Actually this was one thing that caused us some difficulty, but
> partially because we sort of did this anyway, by mistake (carried
away
> with our eagerness we didn't check the rules carefully enough...)
>
> Remember that a level of mastery gives you a bump up - so that if
both
> succeed the score of 4w criticals...SNIPPED

Err...yes. I should perhaps have used something like 1W against 8 but you are probably right (anyway if I change the rules before the book is even published, my players will never let me live it down).

> <<There appears to be a headlong rush to design RQ5 >>
>
> Not that I've noticed. Tinker with HW, yes, but that's hardly
the same
> thing.

I referred to RQ5 because of what I saw as the apparent complaints in many posts that HW wasn't detailed (or complex?) enough.

> << The AP system isn't (for us) a problem. >>
>
> Good; I'm sure many other people will like it, too. But that
doesn't
> mean everyone will, and it would be fairly silly for those who
don't to
> endure it if we can make something that works better for us.
>
> Trotsky

On this point of course you are absolutely right, though as I have yet to see the rules I think I'll hold off a little longer

Dave Bell
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