Re: Edges as Gifts (was Equipment)

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From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:44:18 -0800

> Which reminds me that my Humakti PC is running around
> with an Esrolian Lottery Sword that's got a ^15 edge
> against trolls. (Which *doesn't* generally get
> cancelled out and ignored.) Presumably this will get
> translated into a bonus of some sort, and in general,
> Gifts like this will all be modified to use bonuses
> rather than edges?

^15 is enough of a major edge that I could see it falling outside of the normal "Edge turns into bonus" rules. It's really up to you & your narrator at that point. For this particular conversion, you could either make it into a normal bonus (and thus be able to use it in Simple contests) or leave it as an Edge (and only usable in Extended contests).

> Though we already have Gifts that add to sword skill,
> and it seems a bit of a shame to lose the distinction.
> Still, it's only at rules-level: the descriptive bit
> can still have flavour. Maybe the original "add to
> Sword skill" makes the sword faster, and the gift that
> was an Edge makes it sharper?

Since it is on the sword itself, if the sword is unavailable, the benefit is as well. So it's not *quite* the same as Hu's Combat Blessing - which modifies the Cultist, not an object.

Roderick