From:	Luke Kendall <luke@********.CANON.OZ.AU>
Subject:	Re: RULES: CONCEALABILITY
Date:	Wed, 7 Jun 1995 15:17:37 +1000

Luke :-
> Blech! And how do you justify that? Elves are taller, are harder
> to pass as a human, and more likely to be noticed, _I_ would have
> said.

Phil:

> Hey man, they're not trying to pass as a human, just sneak around,
> an elf is taller, but thinner, and lighter (on average, read the front
> of the book), so they have less weight to make noise with.

What I'm trying to point out is that people notice `outsiders' more.
`Hey, who's that weird-looking dude creeping around back there?'

> Besides, whatever happened to the stereotypical cat-like grace of a pixie?


Er, a dog ate it? :-)

> They do have +1 quickness ya know.

<shrug> So give them one extra die. Because:

luke> there's a fantastically enormous difference between giving a
luke> bonus skill dice for Stealth (barely justifiable, maybe), and increasing
luke> your opponent's target number.

Phil> I agree, when it comes down to it, there is no sset ruling for Stealth
Phil> tests (base TNo of _4_ then), but there is one for Perception checks,
Phil> so I feel a modification of TNo's is better than dice.

I feel that you haven't thought deeply enough about the effects
this has on the probability distribution. Compare this to
trying to fight when you're at a +1 TN penalty...


I apologise in advance for my flippant tone, BTW.

luke