Matt_E

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Now Cronista has weighed in as well--thanks very much! http://mundos-inconclusos.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-unapproachable.html

First review, to my knowledge: https://elruneblog.blogspot.com/2020/11/review-of-unapproachable-scenario-for.html Thanks so much, @Runeblogger!

May you kill a thousand PCs with them...er, enjoy them with your pals!

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I track Fatigue during combat, per RAW. The good news is, in my game most combats don't last more than 3 rounds, which is when you need to make the first roll for characters with good CONs. There have been occasions when a failed Endurance roll has made a big difference.

Yes, that is a serious problem with that approach. When you suddenly start applying penalties to all of the traits that you don't know, it's kinda backward from the usual d100 ethos. It's like the Mad Hatter and co., celebrating unbirthdays.

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Realize that enough genetic modification eventually means you have a different species...which is handled quite naturally by the rules as written. You would roll different numbers of dice for characteristics, and assign Creature Abilities as desired.

Good discussion. I think, in the interest of making a too-little-used skill more obviously useful (in my game), I would favor a broad set of situations for Conceal. So, I would use Conceal for e.g. hiding a weapon on my person under my clothes, or hiding a scroll in a library, or hiding a car in the woods, or hiding a squad of troops in the field. I would use Sleight for acts involving specifically the hands and small objects and motion--the taking or moving of an item, or hiding it or using one's hand--, but not for any subsequent stashing of the same item (that would be Conceal). Since Sleight is a Professional skill but Conceal isn't, I guess I would allow substitution of Conceal at some level of penalty. I would use Stealth specifically for hiding myself from detection, possibly involving but not requiring movement.

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I can see conceptually (and historically) why Conceal was included as a Standard skill, but I sympathize with TheophilusCarter. I think I have never used Conceal in actual play. Some of the examples above seem blurred with use of the Stealth skill, to me. Also, for characters in an action scene, I think the concept of Cover goes a long way toward precluding Conceal checks. To sharpen the discussion, let me ask: Do you see Stealth as involving movement, whereas Conceal is for an immobile object (or possibly character)? I don't have RAW in front of me, but it is probably worthwhile to check the exact verbiage in the entries for these skills, with this in mind. In RQ3, we had separate Hide and Sneak skills, which frankly were almost always resolved with a single roll when a character was trying to be stealthy (and if you failed either one, you were sunk). Thus sweeping these up into a single Stealth skill resonated with me when I first read RQ6/Mythras. Meanwhile, in RQ3 Conceal was used specifically when a character tried to hide a large object that was not himself. (For quite small objects, you used Sleight.) I think those older ideas are worth revisiting in this discussion.

Thanks for that. I do have a reputation to uphold.

Use Passive Possession by a spirit that constantly shrieks (or sings Britney Spears tunes, or whatever). Treat as a form of ongoing Miasma that combines aspects of the spells Befuddle and Demoralize. After a suitable amount of time, the victim develops the Passion Madness. This nefarious treatment combines punishment (torture, really) and restraint. They might kinda like Loz's narcotics...but they won't like this.