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Old 01-19-2013, 10:10 PM   #1
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Default Question about "Naughty" negative modifier.

This caused quite the argument in a game today, so I thought I would post here for clarification.

I was "Naughty" and drew the "German Shepherds", a level 12 Santa monster.

Naughty says "You get -4 against all Santa monsters."

The German Shepherds says "+2 against Nice munchkins. -2 against Naughty."

My contention was that this made the Shepherds effectively level 6. 12 + (-4) + (-2) = 6.

I still had enough to beat them even if the math went the other way, but the wording of "You get ..." implies a bonus/good thing, where as if it said "You are ..." then it would imply a bad thing.

Official ruling please?

Thank you.
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Old 01-19-2013, 11:10 PM   #2
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Default Re: Question about "Naughty" negative modifier.

Umm...crap. We'll have to think about that one.
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Old 01-20-2013, 05:54 AM   #3
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Default Re: Question about "Naughty" negative modifier.

I guess I'm not sure what we are thinking about. It is a penalty on the player, regardless of the word "get." I couldn't count the number of times I've said, "You get a penalty," to think "get" only ever means good things in this game, let alone in the real world: People get cancer, get hemorrhoids, they get diabetes, and some people even get a rock.
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