RE: Re: Equipment Mod Oddity

From: Bruce Ferrie <bruceferrie_at_...>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 20:18:55 +0100

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bankuei [mailto:Bankuei_at_...]
>
> I've always read it a little differently. For me, say, if i
> got "Sharp Sword of the Wind
> 13", it gave the augment +1 to the usual +3 or whatever that
> a sword normally gives,
> for a total of +4. That's how I read that working out.

I think if you've got a named item, the augment from the item's rating is in addition to the one you'd normally get. That's how the section on "Runic Metals" (HQ p78) reads to me, anyway.

> Of course, maybe you should be looking at the weapon rules as
> an example towards
> how to treat normal equipment, that it effectively makes up
> about +1-10 difference
> between two sides with differing equipment. So, your Iron
> Chef sort probably has the
> best equipment(+10) and the normal chef has maybe +5 stuff.

That's already how it is in the HQ rules, thankfully. :)

Regards,

Bruce