> No no. I like those tables, I find them pretty sufficient for me
> needs, to be honest.
The problem being, I guess, that some other people evidently find them far from sufficient :)
> I think that some sort of table of that variety
> could be usefully added in all the setting/region-
> specific books
> somewhere so that you have guidelines for setting/region-specific
> important contests (Astrogation resistances for sci-fi things;
> Bureaucrat-impressing calligraphy resistances for Kralori; etc),
Yes, this is the approach I have used in Kingdom of the Flamesword, which will have difficulties for things such as jousting, convincing the Inquisition of your innocence, and so on. From past discussions, it will probably have more specific numbers in it than some people like, but possibly a fair bit less than some others like. (For instance, there's no stat block for King Guilmarn or any of the Seshnelan heroes described in the book). I'll give it enough detail to be useful to *me*, because I'm the GM I know best - I can merely hope that its useful to others, without swamping too many people with irrelevant detail or rule mechanical crunch.
But, in short, yes, I agree with you :)
> I don't know if I want more chart in
> my books.
There's certainly a limit, yes, and you'll never cover every eventuality anyway. I'd like to see somewhat more tables - or at least numbered examples - than we've got, but its probably more useful to provide solid advice to the GM on how to set resistances themselves without appearing arbitrary/inconsistent. And 'do whatever is the most good for the story' is, to me at least, pretty unhelpful advice. At the very least, it needs a lot more explication as to what that means, and ideally, it needs alternatives for those (like me) whose minds simply don't work that way.
-- Trotsky Gamer and Skeptic ------------------------------------------------------ Trotsky's RPG website: http://www.ttrotsky.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
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