> > At the risk of beating a dead horse, the problem is when you
write
> > "Best knight in all of Britain 10W3" and then a player manages
to end
> > up at 10W4.
> >
> Well you wouldn't normally include comparitives in abilities.
There was
> certainly a footnote in HQ1 explaining why not, and I think there
was one in
> the HQ2 draft as well, not that I have either near me.
>
Of course, if you aren't providing the numbers, you need to include comparitives to enable us to distinguish between the great, the good and the also-rans. The disadvantage is that the numbers do it much better, and can easily be scaled against the players abilities.
(So if I know that Sir Gareth is a "Great Knight" and my PC has the keyword "Knight: 10W2" is he better or worse than Sir Gareth? I know one answer is "It depends on the story", but the flip side is that sometimes the story might depend on the answer...
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