- In hw-rules_at_egroups.com, Benedict Adamson wrote:
> Wulf Corbett wrote:
> ...
> > I always assumed the difficulty was up to the Narrator,
> > make it as difficult as you perceive the reward to be worth. Keep
> > piling on the Trolls until he's had enough...
> ...
>
> The old 'Narrator decides', an answer at least two of us here feel
is
> sometimes unsatisfactory. Yes, I can wing it.
>
> But, what is the point of having a detailed system for computing
> carryover to determine the over all victory level, if the contest
> difficulty is left floating? You might as well say 'Narrator
decides'
> for the over all victory level. The existence of the carryover rules
> suggests the author had something more explicit in mind. Perhaps it
> was 'edited'.
The problem here is, in my opinion, that we do not yet have simple
rules of thumb to determine the strength of the opposition when
writing a scenario. The only rule of thumb I have heard is that a
full level of mastery advantage has a good chance against up to 5 at
the lower level.
regards,
Charles