In HQ1 everybody got automatic augments, and everybody's cancelled out. I got +4 to my skill from having a sword, and +4 more for having a shield. The dinosaur got +4 for having a thick hide, and +4 for having Big Pointy Teeth. It added some faff, without really changing MGF. This was even more true in Hero wars, where there were edges which cancelled out instead and it all because faffy beyong all recognition.
In HQ2 the skill you have is the effective skill, and the tools required to make it work don't give you any bonuses, just penalties if they're not available. This is how most skills always worked to be honest. I don't think a smith would ever have thought the need to get ratings for the hotness of their fire or the heaviness of their hammer.
Of course, if that fire is powered by Calcifer, a bound fire elemental, then it becomes part of the story and is interesting. Just like most Knights of the Round table have swords factored into their combat ratings, but King Arthur has Excalibur which deserves a rating of its own.
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 2:30 PM, michaelL <michaelalewis25_at_...> wrote:
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>> > How can armor and equipment be used? Since there is no armor class or damage reduction, how would a mail hauberk protect you?
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>> Armor and equipment fall into fourcategories:
>> 1. Requirement to use certain skills. If you have Sword Fighting and you lost your sword to the Lunar guards, you probably can't use that ability to make your escape (unless you cunningly carve a sword out of soap using your Carve Anything Out of Soap ability).
>> 2. Situational modifier or credibility issue. A Narrator might decide to give a bonus or penalty to armored characters against non-armored opponents. Additionally, if you don't have certain items, you might lose a credibility challenge.
>> 3. Color. Lots of people like to describe their armor, clothes, equipment, you name it.
>> 4. Named stuff. If the item is actually really important to the character, than it should be a named ability with a rating.
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