Re: Re: Augmenting One Ability With Another

From: Guy Hoyle <guy.hoyle_at_...>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:33:27 -0600

However, it seems like there's less incenbtive to take those interesting abilities in the first place. I understand the "keyword trawling" problems of the last edition, but I guess I need to see this new version in action.... which presents problems, as I'm a continent away from the conventions, and don't travel that much.

Guy

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Tim Ellis <tim_at_...> wrote:

> --- In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com<HeroQuest-rules%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Graham Spearing <graham_at_...>
> wrote:
> > Unless I've missed it too, I think that augmenting of the sort you
> > describe has largely been dispensed with. You can have one if it
> > is significant, new, and tells you something about your character
> > that really adds to play. Otherwise don't fret about it and just
> > get your Sword Attack ability flailing into play.
> >
>
> While I don't have a copy of the Continuum playtest rules, I believe
> you are largely correct.
>
> > Perhaps this was a violent reaction to the brain numbing trait
> > whoring from HQ1?
>
> It's a return to the "original" concept in Hero Wars in many ways.
> Both approaches have their plus and minus points. If you are
> grappling with a great troll, then shouldn't he always get the
> benefit of his "large", "strong" and "always hungry" - so limiting
> him to one augment seems "wrong" - on the other hand, if he is
> always getting the benefits of those augments, why not just treat
> them as part of the core ability, so anything that is actually used
> to augment is of genuine significance? At the time I thought the
> new HQ augmentation rules were an improvement over the Hero Wars
> rules, but now I'm not so sure...
>
> > It's one of the areas that I address in my 'Your HeroQuest May
> > Vary' article that I have worked up in anticipation of the actual
> > finished version coming out.
> >
>
> The good thing about HQ is that it is fairly easy to vary -
> providing everyone in the specific game is playing in the same way
> (including the GM*) the game will work whether you use automatic or
> rolled augments, and whether you limit the number of permitted
> augments to 1, 3 or 103
>
> (*The GM may need to do some additional preparation if they are
> using a scenario written by someone with a different set of
> assumptions)
>
> Where can we expect to see your article appearing?
>
>
>