Done!
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Simon Osborne
Project Aon
On 27-Oct-15 6:45 PM, Jonathan Blake wrote:
None from me.
Jon
On Tue, 27 Oct 2015 at 09:49 Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto: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
<mailto:stevenlsharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: james.durrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:james.durrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto: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
<mailto: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
<mailto:pamail.cgi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> CC: stevenlsharp@xxxxxxxxx <mailto: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
<mailto: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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