> > From: "Tim Ellis" <tim_at_t...>
> >"B has the appropriate skill, roll as normal, A is using a broad
> >skill so improvise at -3, C is using an appropriate narrow skill
> >roll at +3".
>
> I like this a lot. HW 1st ed does have allowance for situation
> modifiers, but I'd like to see slightly clearer guidelines. It
> makes sense to me that appropriate narrow skill use should get a
> bonus.
I agree totally, with the proviso that I would like, just as with
affinities/feats, to be able to use a hero point to pin a subskill of
the broad skill and thereafter to be able to use that subskill as an
appropriate skill.
regards,
Charles