How does pass/fail intersect with this "base resistance" idea?
Also, is this base resistance increasing every 3 sessions a suggestion?
Some core of the new system? Are you supposed to adjust it depending on
how fast your players are progressing?
I would assume any game in which you started with different values, you
would obviously adjust this, but your question makes it seem like it is
a fixed expectation, applied mechanically without any input or judgment
from the narrator. (This surprises me.)
LC
Matthew Cole wrote:
>
> Heya Tim, thanks for the complement!
>
> Will Angmar's ability remain the same? Well the target number will.
>
> I hope to have a stab at clarifying the ideas, in response to your
> last two
> paragraphs but I can't do it now.
>
> But a passing shot:
>
> Pass/fail cycle is like keeping a tally so you don't run an unbalanced
> game.
> The base resistance starts at 14 when you start your series of
> sessions and
> increases a point every three sessions. If you play with starting
> abilities
> above the ones laid out in the rules then I'd suggest you start your base
> resistance at a higher level too. What do other people think?
>
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> Subject: Re: Relative resistances and narrow/broad
> abilities
>
> --- In HeroQuest-rules_at_ <mailto:HeroQuest-rules%40yahoogroups.com>
> yahoogroups.com, "Matthew Cole" <matthew.cole_at_...> wrote:
> >
>
> An excellent example that was far more use than talking about Harrek or
> Lancelot - thanks...
>
> > Angmar is known for mercilessly carrying out his 'retirements' and
> > is reputed to have even slain a Chalana Arroy devotee in an unlit
> > alley in Alone, northern Sartar. The narrator has no trouble
> > knowing that Angmar's reputation denotes a difficulty of Hard.
>
> OK. and "Hard" means add 9 to the base resistance, which is *NOT* the same
> as the ability being used. So whether Broddi tries to weasel out with his
> pitiful 17, fight him off with his dirty fighting 12, or unleash his
> previously hidden Guardian Shade (Fearshock 5W), Angmar's ability will
> remain the same.
>
> >
> > The reason for the Hard resistance was initially inspired by the
> > Pass/Fail Cycle.
>
> This is also fine.
>
> > The heroes had had a string of victories and the narrator knew it
> > was time for a bit more adversity, so she used the character
> > Angmar who could provide a Hard resistance, in keeping with the
> > story.
> >
>
> I'm not completly convinced about this though. The "Hard" comes from the
> Pass/Fail cycle and the base resistance comes from something external to
> both Angmar and Broddi, so I struggle to see why Angmar can only be used
> now, and how this is any different from saying (in a benchmarked
> sceneario"
> Angmar (Merciless 5W). If that isn't the resistance you want then you use
> another character, or amend the skill level (which is what I thought the
> point of the P/F cycle)
>
> The "advantage" of this method is that whether my players are freshly
> initiated novices, experienced clan champions, or Argrath level heroes
> they
> can still bump into Angmar the Merciless and he will prove a hard
> opponent.
> The disadvantage is that there are people who are hard opponents for
> Argrath
> level heroes, but novices shouldn't be expected to compete with them!
>
>
>
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