[projectaon] Re: Book 13 Erratum
- From: "David Davis" <feline1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 12:05:15 +0100
It should be remembered that successful completion of previous books is MEANT
to convey a “considerable advantage” upon the player. That’s verbatim out of
the game rules.
It’s also clear from Joe’s Monastery Mailbag answers that he realised that
“carrying all these goodies around” was beginning to get “unrealistic”.
So he put in balancing measures such the grand master stats pick to keen things
manageable.
The most obvious interpretation of the “can” wording is perfectly commensurate
with all the stuff I’ve read Joe say on game mechanics
From: John TFS
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 11:51 AM
To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [projectaon] Re: Book 13 Erratum
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 16:42:19 +0100
> From: outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [projectaon] Re: Book 13 Erratum
>
> ...and what if I pick a 3 and a 4 in Book 13? Can I have another go at
> re-picking the values in Book 14 hoping to get better scores? Does that
> make "more sense"? ;-)
Well, no. But hey, how about if we modify Book 4? New players can pick 10+RNT
for their CS but players who went through Books 2 and/or 3 need to drop their
basic CS by 5, since we're pretty sure they picked up the Sommerswerd and
Silver Helmet. After all, having Special Items is completely the same thing as
having the skill, right? :)
>
> --
> Simon Osborne
> Project Aon
>
> On 11/05/2012 15:59, John TFS wrote:
> > Well, I suppose we could change "can" for _*/MUST!/*_ And yes, that
> > word should be bold, italicized, underlined and capitalized for emphasis. :)
> >
> > Really the main thing I object to in terms of the Veteran is that their
> > CS bonuses are item-based instead of intrinsic. In both The Deathlord
> > of Ixia and Wolf's Bane there are points where the character may be
> > forced to engage in unarmed combat. If his CS is item based, he is at a
> > huge disadvantage in those situations. The worst part to me is that
> > this Item-based LW makes no sense. He's a Grandmaster, just like the
> > Kai-order Grandmaster. A CS of 25+RNT is intrinsic to being a
> > Grandmaster, as is an EP of 30 + RNT. The only difference and only
> > "bonus" that should exist between a new LW Grandmaster and a Veteran LW
> > Grandmaster is the stuff the Veteran happened to gather along the way.
> >
> > > Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 11:38:15 +0100
> > > From: outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [projectaon] Re: Book 13 Erratum
> > >
> > > On 11/05/2012 00:57, Jonathan Blake wrote:
> > > > Is it just me or is there just too much going on with this. It seems
> > > > like a simple change from "can" to "should" does not give enough
> > > > information to help the reader make an informed choice. It's beginning
> > > > to seem like this would be best handled by an extended explanation in
> > > > the Readers' Handbook?
> > >
> > > If I roll a 5 and a 5 for EP and CS in Book 1, I don't then re-roll my
> > > stats at the start of Book 2 in the hope of picking better numbers
> > > simply because "some of the opponents might be harder". And if I did and
> > > picked a 9 and a 9, should I then re-pick the numbers at the start of
> > > Book 3? Or now that I'm satisfied, is it time to stick with what I've
> > > got? I can't see how the transition from Magnakai to Grand Master is any
> > > different. To my mind, "should" is the correct word here; and if players
> > > want to do otherwise, they can, but such rules-meistering is not "by the
> > > book". (Compare the fact that we haven't included any "dual-wielding"
> > > rules in the RH because they are not in the original rules, irrespective
> > > of how vocally and passionately some argue that 'carrying two Weapons
> > > makes dual-wielding an implicit rule'.)
> > >
> > > But I'm still feeling grumpy and crotchety right now. :-p
> > >
> > > --
> > > Simon Osborne
> > > Project Aon
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