Re: [HoE] A Few Questions

[GeoffGart@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/11/99 6:32:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
rymoore@hotmail.com writes:

<< If I have a TN of then 10 is a raise I get that much, but if I have 
 target # of say 7 because of range wounds etc is my raise at 12 or 10? 
 Some examples seem to be one way while some seem to be the other way >>

Your sentence got a little confused there, but if you have a TN of 7, you get 
your first raise at 12.

<< Going along with this when each says you get X for each success does 
 that me you take the hightest die and count success and raises on that 
 die only or all the dice you rolled. For example, if I have a tn of 5 
 and I roll 3d10 getting 2, 7 , and 15. Is that 1 sucess with two 
 raises for the 15 or 2 success one for the 7 and  one for the 15 and 
 then two raises for the 15 as well?
 
 For example when you roll quickness to get action cards do you get one 
 card for every success and raise on ALL your dice or do you just take 
 the highest die that succeeds and get cards for it? 
 
 A more specific question along these lines is with the Doomsayer power 
 Atomic Blast. The TN is 5 I have say 4d10 faith and I roll 5,11,6,2,  
 Does it do 2d10 for the 11 or does it do 310 for the 5,6,and 11 >>

Only use the highest die to determine success, raises, or failure.  So in the 
Doomsayer example, the Atomic blast would do 2d10 because of the highest die 
being 11.

<< Okay changing subjects completely now. We played hell or high water as 
 our adventure (Which was great by the way!) In a couple of places the 
 heroes have to make guts checks for seeing dead maimed bodies. My 
 templar player asked why he should have to make a guts to check for 
 seeing a dead body when he routinly maims peoples heads and guts with 
 his sword. His argument being that if he can spill a living persons 
 guts with his sword why should he be scared of a dead body. I saw his 
 point but being the nice GM that I am I told him he could start making 
 guts checks whenever he maimed someone with his sword. :) However, I 
 did want to get the lists opinion on this particular argument. I would 
 say that if you don't want to be afraid of dead bodies get a higher 
 guts skill, but that got me to thinking if you make your guts check 
 against one or even 3 dead bodies why would the fourth or fifth one 
 even if they were encountered in another adventure, scare you?  >>

My first reaction would be about the same, if you feel your character is 
hardened to dead bodies, then have him buy a higher Guts rating or the Brave 
edge.  I agree with your last point as well, in adventures with a lot of 
bodies, I will usually not make someone who has already made a gut check 
against a corpse roll against any more dead bodies unless they come across 
one which is more horrible than the last.  As for your Templar's argument 
that he hacks people up all the time, that is in the heat of battle, which is 
different from coming up on a horribly mutilated corpse in a place you don't 
expect one.

										
		Hope this helped,
										
		Geoff