Re: Making players afraid for their characters

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From: Mark Galeotti <mark_at_...>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:29:00 -0000

In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, "Ian Cooper" <ian_hammond_cooper_at_...> wrote:
> - Don't allow hero points to bump
> - Don't allow hero points to bump successful rolls
> - Make players pre-spend hero points

I always require HP to be spent _before_ a roll. Thus, they represent a measure of how important a good result is to the player, rather than a 'oh that's OK, I'll burn a HP' defence. So as not to see the HP wasted, I allow this also to 'bump down' the opponent if there is no scope for a bump up.

All the best

Mark