Re: Decimal Hero Wars.

From: Tim Ellis <tim_at_...> <tim_at_...>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 12:25:26 -0000

>> I think that RQ was a game in which fumble-hating was a legitimate >> sport. >>HW makes them significant, without being in any real danger of >>being game-ruining.
>
> Perhaps not as game-ruining as in RQ, but they take a heavy
> toll on HPs.

That is one of the differences between the two approaches - If you fumbled in RQ then there was nothing you could do to mitigate the problem - particularly galling if it was a roll of 00 in a skill you "ought to" make easily. At least in HW you can burn a HP to avoid the fumble - You just have to decide which is worse/more costly - the effect of the fumble or the loss of the HP.