I think the spirit of the rule is that you: take a mastery off with a
minimum of 6.
(no transferral of masteries to the player, no improvised extra rules
implied or needed)
This appears to be the simplest option that makes most sense in all circumstances. The minimum is just there to prevent low base resistances from being converted to nonsense. If you are not going to roll, it will have already been decided before you get to the table stage.
The fact that nobody has asked this here before just goes to show how seldom the bottom difficulty is actually used amongst the HQ fraternity? :)
Cheers
On 27 July 2011 05:02, David Dunham <david_at_a-sharp.com> wrote:
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> > I think that the rulebook has a typo and it should read "whichever is
> > higher". At least that's what makes sense to me.
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> I think that must be so -- it doesn't make sense to roll if the resistance
> is less than 6.
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> > Does "Base - M" actually mean "give the PC a mastery" as Dave Dunham
> suggested?
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> I hope I didn't suggest that! Remember, sometimes the base will be higher
> than 14.
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> FWIW, I don't think I've ever used Very Low resistance, and I ran a fairly
> lengthy campaign. So the fact that Jeff and I disagree is probably moot.
>
>
> David Dunham
> Glorantha/HQ/RQ page: www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html
> Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
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