[BNW] Re: General questions..

[Mark Kilfoil <kilfoilm@nbnet.nb.ca>]

Jonathan Weiss wrote:
> 
> Hey y'all,
>      I just joined the list today, so Greetings!  I've been volunteered to
> run a BNW game, and I'm wondering if I can get some difficulties that have
> arisen with the system, any rules that seem to be cumbersome, or
> contradictory, any power packages that are troublesome, etc.

Well, make sure that you notice that damage is rolled just like skill
dice, that is, you take the *highest* roll, and not the total..  Someone
missed that, and their players ended up killing everything or getting
killed often..

Watch out for the Goliath archetype, especially as a bad guy.  In strict
HTH combat, they are monsters, and their armour makes them pretty 
tough.  If a Goliath PC is your problem, use nasty tricks like 
threatening innocents, tripping maneuvres, distance attacks etc..

Other than that, can't say, haven't *actually* run it yet...

>      I also wonder if any one can explain why it was created based around 6
> siders, since they render 7 a useless target number?

Since *any* die type would make (die sides + 1) a theoretical bad target
number, I don't see a problem..  Besides, it's all based off multiples
of
5..

And when you really think about it, it's *not* useless:  imagine a
person
with a +3 skill (remember, they are *bonuses* and not extra dice), then
they have a 2D6 stat..  If they roll 4 or higher, they get their TN 7..

>      I've also got a question about the multiple successes mechanic: If I
> roll 5d6, vs a target number of 10, and come up with, say three sixes,
> which are then re-rolled and result in three more sixes, then come out to 
> a 2, a 3 and a 4, for results of 14, 15, and 16, I go with the 16 as a
> final score (which, if I understand correctly, would mean that only two
> successes were rolled)?

That's right:  you only count the successes based on the total of 
the *final* roll.  In this case, 10 makes one success and at least five
more makes the second.  (i.e., one success for passing your TN, and an
extra success for every 5 point you passed it by)

>       What if a big thug has a strength of 5d6 + 5?  If the target 
> number is a 10, he only needs a 5 to succeed, right?  And then only a 
> 10 to have an extra success?

He only needs 5 on the *roll*, correct.  And also correct, he needs a
10 on the roll for an extra success (since his total would then be
15, which is two successes.

Of course, you're talking about someone with a maximum human stat,
and a whopper bonus..  (Although, the bonus could either be something
like the Goliath bonus *or* it could be a *skill* bonus...  Kinda neat,
because it means that a more experienced fighter could *still* stand
a good chance of kicking an inexperienced Goliath's ass...

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