Re: Re: augments n' fightin'

From: Wulf Corbett <wulfc_at_...>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 18:39:30 +0000


On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 09:03:03 -0800, "Roderick and Ellen Robertson" <rjremr_at_sierratel.com> wrote:

>> > debate, or whatever was happening. Ergo, a Kadone the Grounder
>> > initiate making a warrior's sword heavy, to give him a penalty on
>> his
>> > close combat.

>Roderick-as-narrator, off the top of my head answer:
>I'd probably make his resistance the ability you are trying to lower,
>possibly with an additional penalty for high numbers of reduction, rather
>than the generic "+5/point of enhancement", though.

>While I appreciate subtlety and cleverness, in my opinion
>reducing an opponent's ability with a low resistance is contrary to how
>magic in Glorantha works.

Considering the resistance of Bronze is +10, it's still going to be resisted by 4W, so it's not THAT low... or you could just add the 10 on top of the augmentation resistance, if you wanted to be kind. Now... what's the resistance of wood?

Wulf

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