> >I would narrate that anything worth rolling for is also worth
allowing
> >automatic
> >augments. Including rolled augments. So in practice a rolled
augment would
> >be
> >utilising a higher effective ability rating than the automatic
augment.
> >This
> >might tweak the payback enough to achieve your goals without
changing the
> >rules.
>
> Excellent point. The question is does the required search and
handling
> effort on the player's part (finding the augments to the augment,
and doing
> that math), is that compensated for enough by the benefits. Might.
One could
> do both, too. Hmmm.
>
I tend to think that if its important enough to get the dice out then its worth the effort of thinking up augments etc. Pretty much by definition it has become narratively important because the player has to decided to make it so.
> Another problem is that if I augment my Strength with my Size in
order to
> get a big augment to the original combat roll, can I then use the
Size again
> in the original contest? Or has it already been accounted for?
How does size aid your Combat affinity when using that to augment your combat ability? Piety might be more useful.
>If so, then
> I'd prefer to just use it in the original contest, because the
return is
> much higher. It seems to me that anything that's applicable to
augment the
> augmentor ability is also eligible as an augmentor itself.
>
Personally I would not allow a single ability to both augment the ability and also augment and augmentation attempt to the ability. The auto augments applicable would depend on the rolled augmenting ability rather than the ability being augmented, so Clear Minded might help a Monotheist Orderly augment with a spell even though Clear Minded would be little use in directly augmenting combat.
-- Nic
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