Facade from 'Mask of Humanity'

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by Christopher R. Rice

A goof. Ignore the penalty for bright lights, keep only the darkness penalty.

Cool.

Originally Posted by Christopher R. Rice

Just how I wrote it. You can change that around. I know I did for my Ceteriverse version.

Do you have that table available?

I want lashing out in fear and rage to be a theoretically possible reaction, but not really something that occurs too often and especially not regardless of whether a character is a mild-mannered pacifist or a violent criminal with a short fuze.

It seems to me from fictional examples that by far the most common reaction to failing a roll against the Facade should be confusion or misinterpretation of the situation, followed by a delusional belief in a rationalization of anything other than whatever impossible thing happened.

Originally Posted by Christopher R. Rice

5-6 should be just 5.

Ok

Originally Posted by Christopher R. Rice

That was the goal, yes. I dislike skills with inherent penalties. You could change it if you want. In my current Ceteriverse version it's half the local rating as a modifier to Shrouding.

What kind of modifier?

A plus or a minus?

Or, perhaps, a penalty of ((10 - Rating) / 2) [round down] when the Facade rating is below 10 and a bonus of (10 + Rating) / 2) when the Facade is above 10. That results in unmodified rolls in Facade 9-11 and significant modifiers at the extremes at either end.