Re: Fatigue as resistance; char sheet

From: boris (mabeyke@batman.b11.ingr.com)
Date: Thu 17 Feb 1994 - 18:33:10 EET


> Loren replying to David etc etc etc
>
>First, Brad Furst suggested
>>>Rather than the current scaling of ENC by STR, and
>>>then dicing against CON, consider the alternative which is consistent with
>>>Basic Role Playing RQ system: let us make a Resistance Roll of the sum (of
>>>STR plus SIZ) versus ENC. Failure then imposes the Fatigue consequences.
>>>(The key here is the Resistance Roll, not which parameters to compare).
>
>I love this idea! This scales ENC commensurately with SIZ, which is
>something we wanted to do with the ENC and fatigue system elsewhere.

  I like the concept a lot; I think we need to work on the exact mechainic
  to get it right! I don't much care for the current mechanic for checking
  for fatigue; I would like a finer granularity than STR ENC; I would also
  like to raise the odds for making the roll for average folk, and lower it
  for the "Arnold the Issurian" types. The resistance table wil do this,
  I just think CON should enter the picture somewhere, and the granularity
  is too fine; someone of any STR can carry 10 kg less than their 50% point
  with a 95% chance of making the roll; at STR and SIZ 16, that's 22 kg.

> I prefer the alphabetic list too. The people who want to group the
> skills by bonus are conservative grognards. Don't worry about them.

  As a libertarian grognard (whatever that is) I take offense at that!
  Blltttt! Ya Mama wears army boots!

> Finally, I *hope* there is attack splitting in RAG. I think we all
> agree that's one of the core rules in earlier versions of RQ, and it
> should remain.

  I believe it's omission was an oversight; I would like to, if work ever
  permits, to go through the RQ3 and RQAG books side by side and note
  everything that was excluded. Some of the stuff is intentional, I know,
  but it should *all* be deliberate, not accidental.

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