Post by Blake Sterling Jr. on May 1, 2016 18:39:00 GMT -8
I would like to know if I'm the only person misreading this or for sake of balance house rules have been put into place.
The text reads:
System: Each dot that the vampire has in Potence
adds one die to all Strength-related dice rolls. Further,
the player can spend one blood point and change his
Potence dice into an equal number of automatic successes
to all Strength-related rolls for the turn. In melee
and brawling combat, successes from Potence (either
rolled or automatic) are applied to the damage roll
results.
To share my thoughts and why I come to the conclusion I have I want to break apart this.
Each dot that the vampire has in Potence
adds one die to all Strength-related dice rolls. Further,
the player can spend one blood point and change his
Potence dice into an equal number of automatic successes
to all Strength-related rolls for the turn.
I focus on "All Strength-related rolls for the turn" Which to me implies each. Now I can see they just mean rolls in celerity actions or if you split your die pool as well.
In melee and brawling combat, successes from Potence (either
rolled or automatic) are applied to the damage roll
results.
Last night I was told that this sentence is the reason successes from potence are only applied to Damage. However why would it say either rolled or automatic?
This is not an example that they sometimes give but a clarification, it also doesn't say Only applied to damage roll results.
I think that the fear is that characters with potence have the possibility to double dip using potence. But what stops someone from splitting their die pool and striking a weapon twice in a single turn getting double potence effect there?
I'm really sorry that as a player I would like clear understanding of the rules and have players and staff all on the same page. I know the rule since reset is custom rules... bad! I'm not looking for custom rules just clarification and clear writing on poorly written White Wolf Material (Rules written so poorly they added The Golden Rule as a editing hand wave).
The text reads:
System: Each dot that the vampire has in Potence
adds one die to all Strength-related dice rolls. Further,
the player can spend one blood point and change his
Potence dice into an equal number of automatic successes
to all Strength-related rolls for the turn. In melee
and brawling combat, successes from Potence (either
rolled or automatic) are applied to the damage roll
results.
To share my thoughts and why I come to the conclusion I have I want to break apart this.
Each dot that the vampire has in Potence
adds one die to all Strength-related dice rolls. Further,
the player can spend one blood point and change his
Potence dice into an equal number of automatic successes
to all Strength-related rolls for the turn.
I focus on "All Strength-related rolls for the turn" Which to me implies each. Now I can see they just mean rolls in celerity actions or if you split your die pool as well.
In melee and brawling combat, successes from Potence (either
rolled or automatic) are applied to the damage roll
results.
Last night I was told that this sentence is the reason successes from potence are only applied to Damage. However why would it say either rolled or automatic?
This is not an example that they sometimes give but a clarification, it also doesn't say Only applied to damage roll results.
I think that the fear is that characters with potence have the possibility to double dip using potence. But what stops someone from splitting their die pool and striking a weapon twice in a single turn getting double potence effect there?
I'm really sorry that as a player I would like clear understanding of the rules and have players and staff all on the same page. I know the rule since reset is custom rules... bad! I'm not looking for custom rules just clarification and clear writing on poorly written White Wolf Material (Rules written so poorly they added The Golden Rule as a editing hand wave).