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Michele · 02-06-2020, 08:27 AM

My opinion is that normally, Advantages round up (you get no discount on decimals). Disadvantages round down. Yes, that "round down" doesn't appear through a raw search function, because the wording used is "drop all fractions" (i.e., if you would get a -22.5 break, you only get a -22, not a -23).

Reputation is a special case, because the section deals with negative and positive Reputation together (i.e., as a Disadvantage and as an Advantage). It could have stated that you have to round up for positive Reputation costs, and down in the case of negative Reputation costs, yes.

02-06-2020, 08:27 AM	#3
Michele Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Udine, Italy	Re: Is there a reason why Reputation modifiers round costs down? My opinion is that normally, Advantages round up (you get no discount on decimals). Disadvantages round down. Yes, that "round down" doesn't appear through a raw search function, because the wording used is "drop all fractions" (i.e., if you would get a -22.5 break, you only get a -22, not a -23). Reputation is a special case, because the section deals with negative and positive Reputation together (i.e., as a Disadvantage and as an Advantage). It could have stated that you have to round up for positive Reputation costs, and down in the case of negative Reputation costs, yes. __________________ Michele Armellini GURPS Locations: St. George's Cathedral