On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Ashley Munday <aescleal_at_...>wrote:
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> I'd say the main reason was to stop augment mining. In HQ1 and HW you
> could run down your character sheet picking up everything that was relevant
> to the contest and adding it into the melange. It wasn't uncommon for a
> fresh out of the box character to get a mastery from augments.
>
> And it got even worse when abilities got to about 10W or 1W2 and players
> realised they could screw more out by rolling augments. Personally I've
> inflicted a dozen die rolls for augments on an unsuspecting convention GM.
> Sorry, I'm a reformed character now!
>
> So the rule's there to make sure that the ability is something that stands
> out as interesting and relevant to the story rather than just "yep, I'm
> augmenting with my movement rune again. And my Death rune. And my strong.
> Fearless. Bladesharp. Spirit Armour. My relationship with uncle Tom
> Cobleigh and all, and all..."
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ash
>
> --- On Wed, 30/11/11, michaelL <michaelalewis25_at_...> wrote:
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> > From: michaelL <michaelalewis25_at_...>
> > Subject: Augments
> > To: HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Wednesday, 30 November, 2011, 16:39
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> >
> > The RAW state that an augment must be entertaining and
> > memorable. It has to be fresh, illuminate a character,
> > create suspense, or generate an emotional response.
> >
> > This is not like other rpg's.
> >
> > Could someone tell me what the author is trying to get
> > at/trying to avoid? I would like to be able to justify
> > this rule more to my players.
> >
> > Some more illumination would be helpful.
> >
> > Michael
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