Post by Ascanio Giovanni on Apr 29, 2013 16:35:08 GMT -8
Currently the system for Combat Secondaries is rather convoluted and adds a complicated exception to the normal Secondary system. It is a hold-over from a time when the Secondary system was very different, reducing difficulty of a primary Ability by up to -3 instead of being its own pool that is rolled independently.
WIth that in mind, in an effort to reduce the number of exceptions to rules and reduce complexity, we propose eliminating the distinction between Combat Secondaries and all other Secondaries, allowing a Combat Secondary to function exactly the same way as any other.
If this passes, all those with combat secondaries under the current system will get the choice of a full refund in xp or converting the same amount of dots to the new system.
Example: Terry Toreador finds himself in a bad place, confronted by an enraged Brujah. Terry is not much of a real combatant and thus only has Melee 1. However, as an art form, he studied the art of fencing far more and instead decided to buy the Secondary of Fencing at 3. Just for emergencies he keeps a fencing blade hidden in his hollow walking stick, allowing him to fight the Brujah using his Dexterity + Fencing at -1 Difficulty since Fencing is a Secondary.
We will have discussion on this proposal for a few weeks and hold a vote on the game of May 11.
WIth that in mind, in an effort to reduce the number of exceptions to rules and reduce complexity, we propose eliminating the distinction between Combat Secondaries and all other Secondaries, allowing a Combat Secondary to function exactly the same way as any other.
If this passes, all those with combat secondaries under the current system will get the choice of a full refund in xp or converting the same amount of dots to the new system.
Example: Terry Toreador finds himself in a bad place, confronted by an enraged Brujah. Terry is not much of a real combatant and thus only has Melee 1. However, as an art form, he studied the art of fencing far more and instead decided to buy the Secondary of Fencing at 3. Just for emergencies he keeps a fencing blade hidden in his hollow walking stick, allowing him to fight the Brujah using his Dexterity + Fencing at -1 Difficulty since Fencing is a Secondary.
We will have discussion on this proposal for a few weeks and hold a vote on the game of May 11.
. I honestly thought they were gone already under Evan's staff until I was corrected by staff.
