> Couple other ponderings...
>
> 1) Any attempts to standardize environmental
> conditions on combact or physical skills? SOme
> material have total darkness at -20 to ability rating.
> What about fighting from the ground? What about heavy
> brush? Confined spaces? Could old RQ % values be
> divided by 20? (Only those with interest or bias
> 'realism'need reply)
I think its not really something readily quantified. Such modifiers are situational and are pretty much dependant on a mxiture of *what* the enviroment is and what the hero is trying to do. It is mostly up to the individual GM. I fear that here the YGMV credo applies with a vengance.
But just remember this rule of thumb: If its pretty much impossible for a normal, skilled person (20 skill) to do something, then a -14 penalty reduces them down to the 'default.' A -20 gives him (or her) no chance what-so-ever to succeed even if there's no resistance.
And work on that basis.
Oh, dividing the RQ values doesn't really work that well from my own experience. I would strongly suggest deriving something something from scratch rather than trying to replicate RQ verbatim in the guise of HW -- I am finding the differences in the world to be more subtle than something like this.
Using the difficulties from the resistance chart (which gives things like climbing Kero Fin) is a good place to start to work out what might generate your difficulty penalties.
Realism *is* fine, but I think it should be done within its own framework, rather than importing soemthing that won't fit.
> 2) Any examples of sorcerer keyword or narratives? Any
> thoughts on grimoires for Rokari or other Western
> churches?
Not yet. But its pretty easy to extrapolate them from the Black Horse keywords.
Jeff
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