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From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: Defaulting (was Summer Time)
Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 14:27:44 -0600
Ereskanti wrote:
/
/ In a message dated 5/19/98 12:44:01 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
/ dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG writes:
/
/ > / Actually guy, the "Defaulting through the Web" already has penalties.
+2
/ > per
/ > / dot already, -AND- 1 die removed from the "defaulting skill".
/ >
/ > Were do you get the "1 die removed" from? Is that in the SRC? And I
/ > changed it from a +2 to a +1 on purpose. Having and +2 *and* a ratio
/ > modifier would be a bit much, IMHO.
/ >
/ I don't recall off hand, yeah, it's probably from the Companion. We use it in
/ order to keep things in our games a bit balanced (cough)

But, but, I had ratios and everything in mine ;-)

Seriously, sounds good to me. And now that I understand that pool
dice can't be used when defaulting things are going to run a lot
smoother in my game. Gah, I still can't believe that I didn't get
that.

-David
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