RE: Enhancement/augmentation

From: Jonas Schiött <jonas.schiott_at_...>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 17:04:34 +0200


COPPEAU, Jean-Christophe 00-05-31 14.03

>I do not agree ( it seems to become a habit ;-)² , cause as I remeber it,
>getting a +1 augmentation is only Resistance 5.
>So if you have a 5w Sword affinity in Combat and want to augment it by +1
>with your Strength ability at 17, trying to put all your guts in this shot,
>you have good chance of success.

Sure, you have a better than average chance of succeeding. But my argument was that you also have a substantial chance of not only failing, but being _penalized_ as well.

>And if you fail, well that's logic in the narrative:
[snip]
>deity name. You failed, well sorry, you do not look impressive, try to be
>more convinced of your own faith ( after all perhaps you know the task at
>hand was not worthy enough for you to call the attention of the deity )

Hey, I understand the logic of it perfectly. It's just that it happens _way_too_often_.



Jonas Schiött
Göteborg

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