> Ok, so "Change own form" is Inherently Difficult Magic and gets a
> D+20. (according to the HeroQuest Game Aids pdf)
>
> And Puma people get Shapechange to Puma 17 as an inherent magic
> ability.
>
> Does that mean that a basic Puma Person is rolling his 17 versus a
> difficulty of 14W to change into a Puma? That seems kind of harsh.
>
> Or are there exceptions made for inherent abilities, so the Puma
> Person rolls his 17 versus a difficulty of 14 while his friend the
> sorcere rolls his Transform Into Puma spell of 17 versus a difficulty
> of 14W?
I don't know how HQ handles the inherent stuff, but my own general meta-rule is that races and creatures having an inherent ability to do stuff better than others get a 20 point advantage.
So puma people get a D+0 instead of the D+20 difficulty when a non-Puma-person wants to assume Puma shape.
Also, horses get a +20 bonus when challenging humans to races.
But this is just a rule of thumb.
Tangentially, VERY tangentially, I'm not sure that the Invisibility power of the saber-toothed mountain mammoths is up against a straight D+60 ... ;-)
Julian Lord
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