> I don't know if you're still involved in HW2 rules (I'm certainly out
> of the loop these days, probably because they know I won't like the
> changes?), but
Me too. I assume this was supposed to be a private message, but I'm without shame. ;-)
> > Had both Oskul and Urgrain rolled "20", it would be treated as a
> > Fumble/Fumble, not as a Fail/Fail bumped by the Mastery Special to
> > Success/Success.
>
> I agree with your interpretation, but I seem to be in the minority
> here. Their argument seems to be from aesthetics -- it doesn't feel
> right that Oskul does worse if Urgrain fumbles, since he'd rolled the
> same failure either way. (I see Russell makes much the same argument.)
Arguments from aesthetics should be saved for the Tate Modern. The one noted "special case" is the only one that's necessary to fix the "problem", so it makes the most sense to me to read it strictly in those terms.
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