[projectaon] Re: Book 8 Footnote
- From: Nicholas Jankowski <jank1887@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 08:00:13 -0400
was the mongoose change based on the PA footnote? Using that for
justification to confirm the change would be a bit of circular logic,
unless we are using Mongoose as the new 'gold standard' for what goes.
If changed, I would recommend leaving a footnote describing the change
and reasoning.
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:07 AM, Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi
>
> The following has come to light after a report on the forums.
>
> In Book 8 Section 308 there is a sentence which says: "Unless you possess
> the Magnakai Discipline of Psi-screen you must reduce your COMBAT SKILL by 2
> points at the beginning of every round you fight this creature." We have
> footnoted this as:
>
> "It seems peculiar that you are instructed to reduce COMBAT SKILL at the
> beginning of every round if you do not have Psi-screen. This loss would be
> cumulative so that during the first round you fight with 2 fewer COMBAT
> SKILL points, the second round with 4 fewer points, the third with 6 fewer,
> etc. This loss is certainly intended to be for the duration of this Combat
> only—not permanently—since Joe Dever always makes special note of instances
> where you permanently lose COMBAT SKILL. It is possible that this penalty is
> an error, and that you are meant to lose 2 ENDURANCE points rather than
> COMBAT SKILL points at the beginning of every round."
>
> The Mongoose edition changes "COMBAT SKILL" to "ENDURANCE". Should we go
> ahead and make the same change, dumping the footnote in the process?
>
> --
> Simon Osborne
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