wrote:
> Jim
>
> >The example characters ... show items with ratings e.g brookiller
> >spear 17. The character might also have a skill speak fighting 17.
>
> >Are items like this just used to augment other skills
>
> No, they can be used like any ability.
>
> >In the case of fighting a broo would the character use spear
> >fighting 17 augmented by brookiller spear 17?
>
> Or Broo-killer Spear, augmented by Spear Fighting.
>
> >If the two are increased
> >separately the player would tend to just increase the spear
fighting
> >skill as this would be more generally useful, but could be applied
to
> >the broo equally.
>
> True. sounds like the player should have made a more general item
> (like Chaos-killing spear). Of course, one could allow Broo-killer
> Spear to be used with an improvisational penalty against other
Chaos
> monsters. Or discover that it has other broo-related abilities
(like
> Detect Broo or Fight Broo Disease).
The wording might give it some useful abilities even as it stands eg:
1. A Broo ghost may still be broo enough to be affected
2. It could possibly kill broo larvae whilst leaving a healable wound
to the host - which is potentially a major bonus for a clan whose
herds are infected.
--
Nic