> >So if you have an affinity of 11, and are going against the
> >minimum resistance of 14, you're going to end up with a lot of
> >consequences. You won't be going around casting magic all day.
>
> One thing I'm not clear on - if I'm going for a magical augmentation of +1,
> is the resistance 5 or 14?
I think this is an exception to the minimum resistance (otherwise it would be pretty silly to go for a +1 or +2 augmentation -- nor does it make sense that magical augmentation effectively starts at +3).
But you're right, the rules could be read the other way, and this might need to be in the FAQ.
Tim
> As I understand it, If you augment an ability (whether through magic
> or a mundane ability) before the start of a contest, it will
> effectively give you AP's, because you calculate your AP's from your
> starting skill level. I don't believe AP's are increased if you
> subsequently boost your skill during a contest by means of an
> unrelated action any more than they are if you change abilities.
That's how I run things.
Andrew
> Now to get back to the subject, Roderick Robertson said you could use
> Theistic magic to increase your AP. Sounds good but has anyone seen where it
> says that in the rules ?
> If you augment your skill before you start you can get a few extra points
> that way but I don't think that was what he was talking about.
I don't remember the original context, but I'll bet Roderick was describing augmentation in general, not limited to theism. (BTW, I know I usually use "augmentation" as a general term because it's the name of the chart. Technically augmentation is only for bonuses.)
You can use theistic feats to lend AP to someone else, of course.
> 1. I thought augmentation only boosted your target number not your
> starting APs. I did play it the other way but both the book and Simon
> Hibbs suggest this is wrong so I reverted to target boosting only.
Well, I guess p.129 does say "modifiers to the target number as assigned by the narrator," but we've always included modifiers from augmentation (and later the same page says "to this may be added AP from ... magic"). And p.133 says that augmentation changes the target number, and AP are derived from target number. What's your book reference? (Not being argumentative, just curious as to where it says something the opposite.)
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