Re: [BNW] Strength vs. Speed

[Coucouvinis <deimos@tig.com.au>]

Theo McGuckin wrote:

> Ok, now that it has been established that the goliath gets his +5 for all
> str. type rolls, the next obvious question (for me anyway) is why DOESN'T
> the Speedster (and to a lesser degree of importance the Bouncer) get a
> straight +5 to speed? In fact the rules go out of there way to
> individually point out the cases where the packages get the +5, the exact
> opposite of the goliath.
> So why one and not the other? You could argue that speed effects a lot of
> skills, but so does str. and str. effects even more things (lifting,
> jumping, etc.)
> What's the deal?

When we started talking about doing a martial artist Delta, we discussed this
briefly - the short answer is that a +5 to Speed increases Martial Arts,
Guns, Driving, Dodge, and a host of really useful skills like Acrobatics,
Lockpicking, Escaping etc, as well as a +5 to initiative. This, in my mind,
outclasses a +5 to any other stat, given the variety of skills associated
with Speed. If I were making a character up and got a choice between +5 to
Speed and +5 to Strength, I'd go the former every time - of course, that's
partially due to personal taste.

Nick