Re: [HoE] Question about raising multi-leveled edges...

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

(blam)
>Would you have to spend all 6 points, and just "forget" about level 1, or
>would you only pay 3 points, because it's only being raised 1 level?  This
has
>been bothering me, does anyone know the answer?

Not a direct response, but here's what Paul Beakley had to say on the
subject....

Guardian Spirits:  Raising
(ed. Note - part of the thread was lost, but it was discussing the relative
puniness of the Legend Chip Guardian Spirit powers)
C)	Now I gotcha. The way I read it, there isn't much point in a shaman
raising his Guardian Spirit this way (for those GSs that have "On a
successful Hard (9) Spirit roll, increase the Guardian Spirit Edge by +1."
However, a non-shaman can't have a GS Edge greater than 1. For a brave,
this would be the *only* way to increase the Edge.
R)	That's a good call! I hadn't thought about that interpretation of the
errata but that's cool. [Paul Beakley, DL listserv, 6/11/98]
C)	Secondly (and I'll admit to only having approved this one, not sat in on
the detailed editing), it's not really clear if you can actually raise your
Guardian Spirit with regular Bounty Points.  Let's see what Paul has to
say. . .
R)	Mm. The Guardians Spirit is an "edge," and is listed in the "edge"
section, although it has a section of its own later. I'd say they're like
knacks, which are listed as cost 1-5 edges but have their own section
later. Could you raise a knack with bounty points?
	On the other hand, the QatD rules on pp11-12 do not specifically refer to
improving edges. All they actually address is buying NEW EDGES. I could
also argue that you can never, ever "improve" an edge ... at least not
without introducing some new rules. QatD only allows you to improve traits
& coordinations, gain NEW aptitudes, buy off old hindrances, receive NEW
hindrances, and gain NEW edges. So, no improving guardian spirits, knacks,
tough as nails, sand, etc.
	My favorite patch (can't remember who suggested it; me being lame again)
is to charge 3x the edge's cost in bounty points, like you're raising a die
type. A rank 3 guardian spirit would cost you 12  bounty over 4 weeks to
get it. Then to go from 4 to 5 would cost 15 MORE bounty over 5 MORE weeks
to get it. I'd say the same of all the other variable-cost edges as well.
[Paul Beakley, DL listserv, 6/11/98]
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Allan Seyberth
darious@darious.com

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