That'll depend on your players and probably will vary across a given gaming group. Seeing as the rules recommend 3 hero points a session then the players can probably keep their heroes ahead of the base resistance and pull away fairly easily (3 hero points is +1 to an umbrella keyword and another ability a session).
Cheers,
Ash
PS: Just gawping back at my player's character sheets they increased their highest abilities at +1/session until they were about a mastery over the base resistance then it slowed down a lot. I'm not sure about the slowing down though as it's only recently happened in the last couple of sessions
> From: ttrotsky2 <TTrotsky_at_...>
> Subject: Re: Relative resistances and narrow/broad abilities
> To: HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, 7 March, 2009, 8:14 PM
> Ashley Munday:
> >
> >
> > I thought the rules say start the base resistance at
> whatever the
> > highest ability an adventurer can reach - 14? Or did I
> just misread
> > something
>
> It's [highest possible ability at character generation]
> minus 13, but yes, that's the starting value for the
> beginning of a campaign. Then it increases at a suggested
> rate of +1 per 3 sessions, subject to any tweaks that may be
> necessary to account of your player's style.
>
> I'm unclear to me whether the intent is that the base
> resistance always remain more or less the same value below
> the PCs' best ability (so that challenges remain equally
> dramatic), or whether it's intended to increase at a
> slightly slower rate than the PCs improve (so that improving
> abilities makes you more likely to succeed over time).
>
> > > > 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?
> > >
> > > There are no specific guidelines for adjusting
> the rule
> > > about the increase of base resistance, but you
> are advised
> > > to do so if necessary. so it's written as a
> fairly
> > > strong suggestion, but not as if it were
> mandatory.
> > >
> > > Personally, it's just another aspect of HQ2
> that I
> > > dislike, but that's a different matter, and
> we've
> > > probably heard more than enough about my opinions
> of late...
>
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