From: Alex Ferguson (abf@interzone.ucc.ie)
Date: Thu 03 Jul 1997 - 00:16:55 EEST
Followingly earlier discussion of Trait rolls, HQ, and becoming a Rune
Lord, I thought I'd put the following on the Footstool and see if it
succeeds in the Tenth Test.
Non-roleplayed trait requirement for RLship: Have all five religious
traits at 16+.
Roleplayed qualification: Play out the examination as a myth-based
ritual test (of whatever kind), involving a number of trait rolls (and
simultaneously, other aspects of the requirements, such as mastered
skills) at appropriate points in the narrative. The simplest way to do
this would just be to find excuses for a number of trait rolls, and
require that (say) 75% of them be successes, and none fumbles. Six of
of eight sounds a reasonably handy number.
Somewhat more dramatically appropriate would be to make the course of
the ritual depend on the results of the earlier successes and failures
(you failed your Generous now you have to put that Valorous and Sword
Parry to use again), and determine overall passing or failing the exam
by which "ending" you finally reached.
In either case, you may have more tests involved than the bog-standard
five religious traits, which could be an excuse to either test the
most important ones more than once, and/or to test different aspects
of the same trait, which would be a suitable excuse to employ directed
traits, and other situational modifiers.
Fudge or adjust freely according to personal taste, storytelling
considerations, or political shenanigans.
Randomly,
Alex.
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