On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Timothy Pederick <pederick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 7 June 2011 08:22, Jonathan Blake <jonathan.blake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > (ft) Equipment: If you have the Discipline of Grand >> > Weaponmastery >> > with a Bow, you may add 3 to any number that you pick from the Random >> > Number >> > Table, when using the Bow. -> If you have the Discipline of Grand >> > Weaponmastery with a Bow, you may add 5 to any number that you pick from >> > the >> > Random Number Table, when using the Bow. >> > [DED: I remember raising this before, and we decided not to change it, >> > but >> > re-playing Captives of Kaag I now feel sure it is a cut-and-paste error >> > Dever has made from updating the Magnakai rules, because several of the >> > sections where you use a bow have an explicit reminder that you should >> > add 5 >> > to the number you pick (e.g. 227, 335). This also makes sense in terms >> > of >> > Grand Weaponmastery being a cumulative improvement on Weaponmastery, as >> > you >> > have the original +3 bonus, combined with the +2 missile/projectile >> > bonus >> > gained with the rank of Mentora.] >> > >> > <http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/14tcok/equipmnt.htm> >> >> I searched the XML to find intstances where the reader is explicitly >> told to bonus (i.e. "add" followed by a number) for having "Grand >> Weaponmastery" with a "Bow". Here's the count from Grand Master and >> New Order series: > > I see your tally and raise you a breakdown. :-P > > 13tplor: 3 @ +3 > 14tcok: 2 @ +5 > 15tdc: 1 @ +4 > 16tlov: 3 @ +3 > 18dotd: 1 @ +5 > 19wb: 1 @ +5 > 20tcon: 2 @ +5 > > 21votm: 5 @ +3 > 22tbos: 1 @ +5 > 25totw: 3 @ +3 > 26tfobm: 2 @ +3 > 27v: 1 @ +3 > 28thos: 2 @ +3 > > Worth noting is that I get only 19 uses of +3, about half of Jon's totals. > Perhaps Jon was counting 16 books' worth of mentions in the Grand Master > Disciplines text? And/or frequent mentions in the errata? You're right, I failed to exclude the part from the Disciplines section (but I did exclude the Errata section). Thanks for catching that. -- Jon ~~~~~~ Manage your subscription at //www.freelists.org/list/projectaon