> >If I have a mundane Ability named Jump 13 and I try to jump a garden
> >wall that's Tall 10 for leaping purposes, I'll probably win. But
> >jumping over a Tower with a Tall 10w5 means that I'll fail almost
> >certainly.
>
> Everything except the wall's resistance is correct. 14 is the minimum
resistance for an inanimate object. Anything that should be less than that
would be an automatic success (and that would apply to magic, too.) Take a
look at the resistance table on pp 274-5 of HQ.
I'm going to disagree with Camo here - 14 is not a minimum, but a default (and the "normal minimum"). If the hero said "I'm going to jump over that wall there, what's its resistance" and the Narrator hadn't statted out the wall, he'd say "Oh, err, 14 I guess". If the Narrator was on the ball and statted the wall at 10 (a rather short wall!) then it is resistance 10 to all attempts to leap over it.
Now, Tall 10 could easily be relegated to "Automatic Success", but if no-one in the group has a really great Leap ability (magical or mundane), then it could play an important role in the game.
> >If I have a magical Ability named Great Leap 13 and I try to jump the
> >wall, I'm more likely to lose as the resistance goes up to 14. But I
> >have the same chance of leaping the Tower as the wall.
>
> The rule above would eliminate the first half of this problem (which is
why it's there!) The second half, though, is correct.
Since the wall is statted, I'd say the resistance as 10 to both Magic and Mundane. I would *not* make it more difficult just because the rules say 14. After all, if I had a player decide to defend against a magical attack using an ability of 7, I'd advise him that 14 was the default and that he could use that instead. But if he insisted on using that ability then the resistance would only be 7.
To me this is a case of not letting the rules ("Resistance 14 to magic") get in the way of the story.
RR
It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has
done what he has done.
- Richelieu
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