Re: Handicap and Edge alternatives

From: Wulf Corbett <wulfc_at_...>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 14:58:53 -0000

> This has probably been addressed a dozen times but, I know from
many
> previous posts I'm not alone in my dislike of Handicaps and Edges,
> and that from the talk they are likely to be done away with in
> HeroQuest. But I, and members of my group still heavily influenced
by
> more wargamingesque games, feel that having a really big axe should
> count for something.

There was a suggestion that at one point in the HQ testing bonuses would replace edges, so a heavier weapon would give a plus to the skill used. I've thought about this a lot, and decided it's easier, quicker, and probably more in keeping with HW/HQ (edges felt like 'hit=damage', while bonuses add in the intimidation factor of a nice hefty Lochaber...).

Exactly WHAT bonus was not said, but a direct translation edge:bonus isn't ruinous.

Wulf