Bless Spell - Stupid Question?

InexplicableVic · 03-01-2021, 09:22 PM

"All of the subject’s dice rolls (except rolls on tables) are modified favorably by +1..."

Maybe I'm just too tired, but does this mean that if I roll a 15, it's really treated as a 14, if it's a skill roll, and if I roll 10 damage, it's really 11? It's less of an issue for damage rolls per se, but for skill rolls...I read it as not modifying the target number, but the result of the actual roll.

In other words, if I am reading it correctly, let's say that Sir Yvor Gryffyn, who has Broadsword-20, decides to Rapid Strike with Deceptive Attack 1, meaning his net skill is 20-3-2=15. If he has been Blessed, when he makes his roll:

His target is still 15, but whatever he rolls is lowered by 1; so, if he rolls a 10, that's really a 9. OR...
Does it make his target 16, and not 15?

I think it is #1, but maybe I've read this totally wrong.

I think it is relevant, for example, if your target number is, say 13. So, if you roll a 5, does the roll go to a 4 (crit!)? Or is your target number 14 (in which case the 5 doesn't matter)?

03-01-2021, 09:22 PM	#1
InexplicableVic Join Date: Aug 2013	Bless Spell - Stupid Question? "All of the subject’s dice rolls (except rolls on tables) are modified favorably by +1..." Maybe I'm just too tired, but does this mean that if I roll a 15, it's really treated as a 14, if it's a skill roll, and if I roll 10 damage, it's really 11? It's less of an issue for damage rolls per se, but for skill rolls...I read it as not modifying the target number, but the result of the actual roll. In other words, if I am reading it correctly, let's say that Sir Yvor Gryffyn, who has Broadsword-20, decides to Rapid Strike with Deceptive Attack 1, meaning his net skill is 20-3-2=15. If he has been Blessed, when he makes his roll: His target is still 15, but whatever he rolls is lowered by 1; so, if he rolls a 10, that's really a 9. OR... Does it make his target 16, and not 15? I think it is #1, but maybe I've read this totally wrong. I think it is relevant, for example, if your target number is, say 13. So, if you roll a 5, does the roll go to a 4 (crit!)? Or is your target number 14 (in which case the 5 doesn't matter)?