Re: Awkward abilities

From: flynnkd2 <flynnkd_at_...>
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 21:57:46 -0000

wrote:
> A character in my game has chosen two abilities for his characetr
> that are causing a bit of a headache for me.
>
> The first is 'Lucky'. I asked for examples of use, and he suggested
> that in combat an opponent that was about to kill him might
> trip over and miss, or he might 'luckily' guess a password, etc.
> Essentialy he could use it to help him in pretty much any situation
> where a lucky accident might help him.
>

Lucky is random, so should only be allowed in truely random possibilities, the less chance for randomness the higher the resistance to its working. It would also be a difficult skill.

"Harreck is going to hit me, roll your luck vs his D+CC"

Keep the resistances high and 'luck' will truly be in effect...

> The other ability is 'intuitive Leap', which would allow his
> character to gues or figure out just about any kind of
> information he might want to know.
>

Who says he has to be right? Intuition is more often wrong. Make secret rolls and start telling him rubbish. Keep the resistances high.

Alternatively, tell him he is very good at estimating how far he can jump.