Re: Re: Differing Approaches to Augmentation in Simple and Extended Contests

From: Ashley Munday <aescleal_at_...>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:18:30 +0000 (GMT)

Nothing wrong with large doses of augments - just make sure the player narrates how the character uses them. If it's that important to the player that he or she is wheeling that many out you might want to use an extended contest.

Using an extended contest provides a better framework for narration in that you can use unrelated actions to apply augments. It gives the player some choice of buff up now or try and go in for the big finish early.

Cheers,

Ash

• epweissengruber <epweissengruber_at_...> wrote:

> D'Oh ...
>
> Must read more carefully in future.
>
> I was confusing two things: preventing repetition
> with the question of
> how many augments are appropriate.
>
>
> It is now blindingly obvious what the first
> paragraph meant.
>
> That said, when one of my players laid on 10 +2
> personality and other
> augments in a single contest, my other players
> reacted oddly to it.
>
> It seemed as if a minor contest were drawing in all
> of a character's
> backstory. It seemed overkill.
>
> I just wanted to find a rules-based guideline that
> prevented such an
> overload in the future.
>
>
>
>
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