> ...maybe the size of the penalty should
> be based on the level of the skill?
> (e.g. -5 per mastery, minimum of -5).
> When Harrek the Berserk
> decides to improvise a "Belch really
> loud" feat from his "Rude: 10w6"
> affinity, he'd suffer a big penalty
> (it'd play as "Belch: 20w4"), but
> that's still a darned loud belch.
>
> Otherwise, it seems the incentive
> would be to over-specialise--past a
> certain skill level, you're better
> off improvising everything from one
> super-skill, instead of being
> well-rounded. (Of course, a good GM
> would keep that in line...)
If the contest is dramatically important then the GM should try to ensure in advance that the resistance is high enough that the -5 improvisation penalty matters*. 'Cos of the scalability of the rules set (anything from fairly scalable to extremely scalable, depending on taste ;-), -5 is the same no matter how many masteries.
regards,
Charles
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