Re: HQ 2

From: ttrotsky2 <TTrotsky_at_...>
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:49:19 -0000

>
> Trotsky
>
> >Are 'augment caps' something that changed or was added since the
> >Tentacles pre-release of HQ2 last year? I ask, as I can't find
> >anything of that name in that book (I may just not have seen it, of
> >course). For the record, I prefer being able to apply a small
> >number
> >of augments to a roll, usually more than one but less than five,
> >with the option to apply a greater number where it makes dramatic
> >sense (the only instance where I can recall doing this as a GM was
> >in a heroquest contest that required a lot of planning on the part
> >of the PCs).
>
> The single augment rule has been present in all editions of HQ2 that
> I recall.

That was my understanding, too.

> >In the two games of it I played (at Tentacles and Continuum, both
> >last year), I found that the "freshness" requirement was
> >sufficiently distracting from the story that it was at least as bad
> >- and probably worse - than the old hunt for augments. Which made
> >it
> >harder to judge how the one-augment-only rule would have felt as
> >the only change.
>
> IIRC, at Tentacles you had the disadvantage of a pre-generated
> character, so searching for a fresh augment took more time than it
> normally might.

Possible, I suppose. Although the minimal amount actually written on the character sheet seems to argue against that. But all I really know is that I didn't like it. Which is enough, I'd have thought.

-- 
Trotsky
Gamer and Skeptic

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