Re: Re: Augment-only stats

From: Todd Gardiner <todd.gardiner_at_...>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 11:16:33 -0800

Interesting to note that Orlanthi are not selecting to add rune affinities as part of their character creation, but rather, these are "free" abilities that are given by the background. Nor are they adding adjectives or other modifiers to make them specifically apply to contests, since these are basically keywords.

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:11 AM, L C <lightcastle_at_...m> wrote:

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> Todd Gardiner wrote:
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> > Again, I was reaching for examples of things that I would judge as
> > augment-only to demonstrate that it is a practical category.
> >
> > I didn't say that "Sturdy Weapons" was a smart example, or that a players
> > would refuse suggestions that would re-describe (Ever-present sturdy
> > ax) as
> > something that would usually engender us as a direct ability.
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> > Trusty whetstone is a much better example of an ability that it is hard
> to
> > see as aiding directly in contests.
> >
> If someone put Trusty Whetstone and gave it a rating, I would presume
> they would want contests where their trusty whetstone came into play. :)
> Sometimes those might be augments (to themselves or others) sometimes
> they might be direct. I suspect there would be more of the former than
> the latter. Still no reason to make a ruling that you *can't* have the
> latter.
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> LC
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