None from me.
Jon
On Tue, 27 Oct 2015 at 09:49 Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'd second this. Any objections?
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Simon Osborne
Project Aon
On 21-Oct-15 11:11 PM, James Durrant wrote:
Sorry you are right - I read it backwards.
These references are indeed backwards, as far as I can tell.
Sorry about that, and thank you for reporting this - we will investigate
with alacrity.
> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:32:31 +0100
> Subject: Re: [projectaon] The Omega Zone book
> From: stevenlsharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: james.durrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I must be missing something. The passage says:
>
> "Add together your Stealth and Field Craft totals. Then pick a number
> from the Random Number Table (in this instance 0 = 10).
>
> If your total skill score is less than or equal to the number you have
> picked from the Random Number Table, turn to 297.
>
> If your total skill score is greater than the number you picked from
> the Random Number Table, turn to 84."
>
> Now Page 297 avoids an encounter, whereas in page 84 you get the dog
> barking. Therefore page 84 is the worst outcome.
>
> So, let's say the following: I have Stealth 9 and Fieldcraft 9 (I've
> played two earlier books and thrown everything into those stats upon
> 'levelling up'). This means my total skill score is 18.
>
> I can pick a random number, but it can't be more than 10 so it's a bit
> pointless in this instance. My skill set score IS GREATER than the
> number I picked on the random number table. It always will be. So I
> always turn to 84... and have an encounter.
>
> This feels wrong.
>
> What have I read wrong?
>
> On 21 October 2015 at 15:00, James Durrant
<james.durrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I just read this section, and maybe you have read it backwards?
> >
> > If the number you roll is LESS than the total, you are OK.
> >
> > Why do you feel that having high stealth/fieldcraft is bad? The
higher they
> > are, the better your chance of avoiding the encounter.
> >
> > Very easy to mis-read these things though :)
> >
> > James
> >
> >> From: pamail.cgi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> CC: stevenlsharp@xxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [projectaon] The Omega Zone book
> >> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 16:00:05 -0700
> >>
> >> The following was sent from the Project Aon contact form
> >> From: S Sharp stevenlsharp@xxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: 23:00:05 on Tuesday, October 20, 2015
> >> Subject: The Omega Zone book
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>
> >> Page 319 of the Omega Zone has a situation where you add your
stealth to
> >> fieldcraft and then roll on the random number table.
> >>
> >> If your skill set is lower than the number rolled, you avoid an
encounter
> >> (page 297) whilst if it is higher you face an encounter.
> >>
> >> This may be WAD, but it seems perverse. Having a high stealth and
> >> fieldcraft in this instance is undesirable and seems misplaced.
> >>
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>
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