mrjam

Thanks everyone for the answers.

Has the authors ever commented in the past about this issue? I'm looking for some design/development insight: it is the forth iteration (counting only "official" Runequest) of the system, so there will certainly be a design reason about this rule.

Hello,

I'm trying to understand the concept behind strike rank.

I understand the relative advantage of a longer weapon and a bigger SIZ against a smaller opponent in determining who strike first. But I don't understand the absolute higher speed that a longer weapon and a big SIZ give, i.e. I have difficult to figure why in a combat:

- between two high SIZ and high DEX combatants, with long reach weapons (and so a pretty low strike rank), the combatants could have theoretically many attacks (provided they split a high enough weapon skill);

- between two low SIZ but high DEX combatants, using small weapons, these combatants could use fewer attacks (due to the higher strike rank) than in the above situation.

So, same DEX (18), same weapon skill value (i.e. 150%), but different SIZ and different weapon length give different number of attacks in a round while pairing combatants with the same characteristics (big vs big, or small vs small).

Am I missing something?

Thanks

3 hours ago, klecser said:

"Opposing skill/Difficulty level:
When attempting to hide, the opponent’s Spot Hidden
or Listen skill is used to set the difficulty level for the roll.
Situational modifiers may also apply (e.g. darkness or loud
noises)."

Page 77 Rulebook. The NPC is trying to hide. The "opponent" is the Investigator, who sets the difficulty level. An investigator with a detection skill of 50 sets it to Hard.

On page 83 of the rulebook it is indicated that it is the PC that roll a spot hidden skill roll using the NPC stealth skill to set the difficulty level:

3 hours ago, klecser said:

If we reverse your example and have an Investigator with 50% spot hidden, it is setting a Hard difficulty level for opponents to sneak up on them.

In this case the player should roll spot hidden against the stealth skill of the NPC, so going from 49 to 50 for the player gives just a +1%. My understanding is that the NPC skill set the difficulty level, not vice-versa.

Hello,

it is not clear to me the math about the skill rolls difficulty level in 7e.

Just as example, stealth vs spot hidden: it seems that the difference in success probability against an NPC with 49% spot hidden or an NPC with 50% spot hidden is pretty substantial (you use your full stealth skill against 49, just half against 50), while you have the same success probability against an NPC with 50% and an NPC with 89% spot hidden (half skill).

Have I misunderstood something?

Thanks