- In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mike Holmes" > True, but
here's a little secret. I don't stat out opposition characters.
> Basically I just rate them in terms of a TN. And mostly on the fly,
too, > after I see what the PC can bring. Brand's announces that his
guy has a > total of 10w2 in a fight? Then his opponent just happens
to be a 5W2, > because I think that sounds about fun (challenging,
plausible, dramatic, > whatever). Where does that 5W2 come from? Oh,
it's probably from some
> ability, and some augments.[snip]
I think our GM does this too. It works for us players; we expect a
challenge as long as we feel it's fair (whatever that is).
One thing, though. HPs make PCs a lot tougher. IRC I read somewhere
it makes about a mastery's difference. So we end up facing a lot of
opponents about a mastery higher than we are. Somehow we've won the
important contests.