Rule changes and other thoughts

[Felderburg]

@Shadowblayde

If I want fog in a scene, it gets foggy. No Threat needed.

There was a post in the Conan section about this topic… I think the biggest thing that threat does is that it makes the stuff a GM throws at players something that is a result of the players’ own actions. I posted the following there:

@Felderburg

I think the last part is really pertinent to your questions. Sure, you can plan for extra bad guys to show up or for a bridge to collapse or whatever, but if a player explicitly does something that adds to threat… the threat spend is a direct result of their action. Which is especially nifty if the players do something or go somewhere that you haven’t planned for—now you have a way to respond built in to what they do.

(Some relevant sections from the GM’s guide are quoted: Doom spends vs. just doing normal GM things? - #2 by Felderburg)

@Shadowblayde

I don’t understand Daring. In the name, it’s a personality trait rather than an attribute. How daring a character is should be controlled by the player. Instead, i use Reason for anything technical or Control for piloting. I use Fitness for melee combat.

The GM’s guide offers this:

Daring: In many ways, Daring is the polar opposite of Control. Daring is all about quick action or reaction in the face of trouble and when needing to respond without the time for clever planning. Anytime your players are immediately responding to something, jumping into a situation without time to think, or relying on pure instinct, use Daring. When describing an activity or action, use Daring if the narration includes: quick thinking, acting on instinct or instinctually, snap decision, reacting, stubbornly, aggressively, or daringly.

Someone who is better at making quick decisions or has a higher daring score is better at doing things quickly. Sure, it’s a personality trait, but someone who is not used to being daring may not do daring things as well as someone with a high daring score.