> I am reposting my message from last week since I didn't receive an
> authoritative answer. I know there are people on this list who can
> answer this authoritatively as they wrote, helped write, or playtested
> the rules. And I'd really like some advice about the questions posed in
> the second to last paragraph.
Well, I've been a bit busy for thae last month or so...
> Using Darsten TurnStorm in GT (pg. 17):
>
> The Contest Synopsis says:
> Close Combat (Darsten riding Thunder Addi) 8w3
>
> Here's how I think this number is arrived at.
>
> Since Darsten is a Devotee of Doburdun he can use his feats as active
> abilities, so he begins with that:
>
> 6w2 Thunder Addi feat
> +6 Iron Ringmail
> +4 Sacred Thunderstick
> +5 Lashing Winds feat (Auto. Aug.)
> +3 Addi Fighting (Auto. Aug.)
> +4 Throw Addi (Auto. Aug.)
> 8w3 Final Ability Score
>
> Is that correct? I got the right score but I have no idea if that's the
> ways it's supposed to be arrived at.
Basically, yes. I don't have any notes from when I was setting up the stats (or even if I did Durstan), but that's about right.
> And the 172 APs indicated... BA indicates that Darsten and his followers
> should be treated as a single entity with their APs added together.
*If* you add together all the APs like that, yes.
How
> do you then use this to simulate when Darsten and his crew fight a group
> of heroes? Do they only get one action while the heroes get one each?
> Do you use the rules for attacking multiple opponents? Or should the GM
> insist that the heroes also be treated as a single entity?
The narrator should never insist on running a contest a particular way - some player groups like having a single Powered-up hero as their champion, some like having everyone fight their own battles. It's more a question of what the *players* want than what the rules or scenario writers want. In the case of the BA stats, we simply worked under the Single-PC Champion method, because trying to set it up for each permutation of how to run a contest was silly.
If the players want a one-on-one champion combat, then use the stats as shown.
If the players want to have each of their heroes fighting individually, then ignore the accumulated APs (and in many cases final ability rating), and simply run Durstan & gang as individuals (but then you have to work out their augments and ability ratings yourself).
RR
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