> Confusing, but I guess that would do it.
there was a big, long, debate about ambushed and hunting on this list long ago, this was the favoured answer for those who use extended contests.
> I guess HW is way too abstract for me.
It gets like that when you study it. You have to accept that you have to do all the hard work inside your own head, the system just juggles numbers.
> For instance, if you have a beefy weaponthane Strong 5w1, CC 5w1,
and
> you manage to get him to initiate the contest with a crappy ability
like
> spot ambush 6 (default), he only has 6AP, and you can just push him
> over.
I'd allow the weaponthane a minimum of 20 spot ambush (CC 5W1 minus a Improv Modifier - I use -5 mods). A good warrior learns to spot ambushes, and Improvisation can solve a lot of problems (as well as Augments).
> But the figures for animals in the Narrator's book are still way too
> low. Or do people routinely outrun horses and wrestle mammoths?
There I agree, horses are too slow.
Wulf
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