[RPM] Adding Skills

momothefiddler · 05-06-2014, 08:12 PM

In most cases, putting points into skills can be easily modeled with Bestows a Bonus - a spell that raises Knife by one level is just giving a +1 to Knife rolls. A spell that raises Diplomacy from 19 to 20 is just Bestowing +1 on Diplomacy and +2 on reaction rolls.

But what about times when the points in the skill determine whether the roll even happens? Mental Strength has no default, but should be replicable with, say, a Strengthen Mind effect. Fast-Draw has no default, but could easily be a matter of a Body or Crossroads effect. With most kills, you'd just use Bestows for however much it would cost to buy up from default, but without a point in Mental Strength or Fast-Draw, you aren't allowed to roll at all, so adding to the roll doesn't help anything.

How is this modeled?

05-06-2014, 08:12 PM	#1
momothefiddler Join Date: Mar 2012	[RPM] Adding Skills In most cases, putting points into skills can be easily modeled with Bestows a Bonus - a spell that raises Knife by one level is just giving a +1 to Knife rolls. A spell that raises Diplomacy from 19 to 20 is just Bestowing +1 on Diplomacy and +2 on reaction rolls. But what about times when the points in the skill determine whether the roll even happens? Mental Strength has no default, but should be replicable with, say, a Strengthen Mind effect. Fast-Draw has no default, but could easily be a matter of a Body or Crossroads effect. With most kills, you'd just use Bestows for however much it would cost to buy up from default, but without a point in Mental Strength or Fast-Draw, you aren't allowed to roll at all, so adding to the roll doesn't help anything. How is this modeled? __________________ Characters Astrid 14/14HP, 3/10FP buffs Jorin 13/13, 9/10, 0/1 ER, 24/24, 3/6, 6/6, 6/6, 6/6 Rings, 6 days since last use of WT