You're
> right, once you are past 1w1, chance of failure on simple contests
or
> against default resistance can be ignored, but I don't see any
reason to
> hike the penalties in order to make a few more low-level-journeymen
have
> difficulties with improvised feats.
Well, that 'hike' (2 points is a pretty small hike...) is one way to reduce Mastery inflation, if Initiates have a -5 on all their magic, at least you have a lower standard of useful magic among the common folk...
>Against similar level resistance,
> however, -3 is as bad as it ever was. You might as well say that the
> difficulty should be -10, because once you are beyond 5w1, -5 is
> insignificant.
Apparently Greg said -10... however, I still say -5, because of the
'standard' numbers:-
a) Standard starter character magic is 17 - with a -5 it drops to 12,
the standard new skill rating
b) Standard starter character maximum skill is 5W1 - with a -5 that
drops to 20
Both reduce starter characters Improvised feats to more like an
inexperienced level (assuming they don't start as Devotees, of
course!), suitable for beginners.
Wulf
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