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From: Jakko Westerbeke <jweste%smtp@******.HZEELAND.NL>
Subject: Enhanced Articulation (SMTP Id#: 60) - Reply
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 13:15:10 +0100
>One of the things that I found was Enhanced Articulation, which
>supposedly gives the character a +1 Die to any motion intensive
>active skill. Unfortunately the book does not explain which skills
>this is (except for Athletics).

>Personally I am of a mind to either define these as: Athletics,
>Stealth, Armed Combat and Unarmed Combat, or just give a +1 to the
>first two and add a single die to the combat pool.

I had the same problem, and I have the following solution: +1 to
Athletics, Stealth, Armed & Unarmed Combat, Throwing, and all Vehicle
skills. No dice into the Combat Pool (though that's not such a bad idea).
Any other active skills shouldn't get extra dice, I think. I mean, with
Firearms or something it's more a matter of keeping your gun steady than
moving around a lot.

>Another thing I discovered was the Extended Volume, which gives
>a TN bonus for stamina tests. Does anyone think that it is reasonable
>to give this bonus when testing to recover STUN damage?

Don't think so. Stun damage is not always caused because you are short of
breath. It would only be reasonable to give the TN bonus in some
situation where someone is short of air or something (being Engulfed by a
Water or Air Elemental maybe), but not when someone hits you with a club.

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