[Horror] Why Roll vs Corruption So Early?

Klark · 03-11-2022, 09:16 PM

I'm a bit confused as how to use Corruption as written in Horror, Madness Dossier, and the like. Specifically, I don't see why the rules call for rolling so early into the corruption process.

By my understanding, it works like this: Gary the PC has 12 points of Corruption. At the end of the week, he rolls Will at -1 per full 10 points of Corruption, so Will-1. However, on a failure, he only converts Corruption to negative character points at a rate of -1 per *full* 25 points of Corruption. This means, despite failing, Gary does not gain negative points nor reduce his Corruption total; he doesn't have enough to convert so nothing changes.

As far as I can tell, the Will roll was meaningless. Despite making the roll if you have *any* Corruption, no result--from critical success down to critical failure--has any effect. You might as well wait until the character hits 25 before making any roll, but the rules emphasize that having as little as a single point triggers a roll. What am I missing here?

Also sorry if this question has already been asked, I couldn't find anything in the forums.

03-11-2022, 09:16 PM	#1
Klark Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: San Marcos, TX	[Horror] Why Roll vs Corruption So Early? I'm a bit confused as how to use Corruption as written in Horror, Madness Dossier, and the like. Specifically, I don't see why the rules call for rolling so early into the corruption process. By my understanding, it works like this: Gary the PC has 12 points of Corruption. At the end of the week, he rolls Will at -1 per full 10 points of Corruption, so Will-1. However, on a failure, he only converts Corruption to negative character points at a rate of -1 per full 25 points of Corruption. This means, despite failing, Gary does not gain negative points nor reduce his Corruption total; he doesn't have enough to convert so nothing changes. As far as I can tell, the Will roll was meaningless. Despite making the roll if you have any Corruption, no result--from critical success down to critical failure--has any effect. You might as well wait until the character hits 25 before making any roll, but the rules emphasize that having as little as a single point triggers a roll. What am I missing here? Also sorry if this question has already been asked, I couldn't find anything in the forums.