Thanks. I thought there might be a default value.
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> p 22. sidebar
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> Default Ratings
> If you enter a contest for which you have no relevant
> ability whatsoever, your base target number is a 6. Like
> ability ratings, it may be subject to modifiers.
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> Dougie -:).
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> --- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, "Howard" <green27@> wrote:
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> > Sorry, but just thought of this.
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> > If a character only has a finite number of keywords what do you do in a situation where he has nothing to apply?
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> > Is there a default number (maybe set by difficulty?) ie. Rurik is stranded on a cliffedge and the only way out of the situation is to climb (or jump). He doesn't have any climbing-like ability so how is that covered? If he had "Fit as a fiddle" 13 would he use that, saying "Rurik is fit enough to climb down grasping finger and toe holds in the cliff face" or would that be a modifier of some kind to some sort of generic number (as it wasn't a specific "climbing" keyword? (My impression if the former is the way it works and after climbing down Rurik can use his "Fit as a fiddle" to outlast his pursuers in a long footchase - correct? But it the character doesn't have *anything* that can fit the situation what do you do?
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