Re: How do you compare published abilities without numbers?

From: ttrotsky2 <TTrotsky_at_...>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:56:48 -0000

• In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, "Ian Cooper" <ian_hammond_cooper_at_...> wrote:
  >
  > --- In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, Chris Lemens <chrislemens@>
  > wrote:
  > > I think this question might belong on both lists: how do HQ2 authors
  > > help readers compare characters and anything else that would have an
  > > ability or keyword, if there are no numbers assigned to them? Feel
  > > free to respond wherever you think is more appropriate.
  >
  > Using the significant abilities section of the npc write up I showed
  > you.
  

I think he means "what if they're both 'legendary'?" Does that necessarily mean they're evenly matched - I would have thought not? OTOH, it may be that in a narrativist game, if the PCs can't influence the outcome, then that outcome isn't really very important. The story is about the PCs, after all, not the NPCs. (This isn't the way I'd want to do things, BTW, but it does seem consistent).

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Trotsky
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