Steven White wrote:
> david dunham <davi-_at_...> wrote:
> original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/hw-rules/?start=450
> >
> > Huh? The 2w succeeds on all rolls but 20 (which is bumped from fumble
> > to failure), and criticals on 1 or 2.
> >
> I was giving 10w3 vs 2w and 10w3 vs 20 as an example, which according
> to the cancelled masteries rule, turns into 10w2 vs 2 and 10w3 vs 20.
> The special rule for the same number of masteries doesn't get involved,
> since it's 3 vs 1 and 3 vs 0 masteries. As well, because of bumps, the
> high skill fellow never fails anyways.
>
> And I don't disagree about the 2w person getting squashed like a bug.
> It's just that the 20 fellow (Even less skilled) seems to get squashed
> slower than the 2w fellow.
>
I think your point is valid from a purely mathematical point of view. However, if your RQ players had encountered the mother of monsters or another such elder secret, would you have bothered to launch the damage dices?
I think that when there is 3 or more mastery of differences, may be there
should
be no system resolution and an automatic description (may be what david
meant).
whereas you could still want to roll the 1w ...
You may call it an Aura of power or whatever (if you've seen the fist of the
north star
manga).
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