Bonuses & Penalties Question

[JohnK]

Hullo, folks,

I have a question of clarification that I would like to ask.

In the section on Advantages and Disadvantages, when the text under a specific one specifies a bonus (for example, "a bonus of +1 to Stamina", "a +1 bonus when using Magience, Occultism, or Science") or penalty, does this refer to the Rating of the Domain or does it refer to a dice bonus?

While this may seem a stupid question, I'm asking because of some of the inconsistencies I've seen in player characters created for the game and a few other places that have NPCs and stuff.

Thanks, in advance.

[Arthus]

Hi,

I'ts a specific bonus, which means that you can explode the limit of 6 in one single competence at the character"s creation, and apply it to all your "domain" tests.

So a warrior with "strong" (+1 to hand to hand skill) and :

Hand to hand : 5 (axes :7)

will in fact have :

hand to hand : 5+1 (axes : 7+1)

That means that he'll strike with a bonus of 6 for every blow with a weapon which he has no discipline for (swords, daggers, mauls, spears and so on).

I hope I could help!

[JohnK]

Hullo, Arthus,

Hi,
I'ts a specific bonus, which means that you can explode the limit of 6 in one single competence at the character"s creation, and apply it to all your "domain" tests.

So a warrior with "strong" (+1 to hand to hand skill) and :

Hand to hand : 5 (axes :7)

will in fact have :

hand to hand : 5+1 (axes : 7+1)

That means that he'll strike with a bonus of 6 for every blow with a weapon which he has no discipline for (swords, daggers, mauls, spears and so on).

Ah, so what you're saying is that it is a bonus to a roll per se, not an actual increase in the Skill Domain itself. Makes sense to me properly now.

I hope I could help!

Yes, you did. It means I got the meaning of it right when I created the same characters that I have done for the game, and the player characters that I've posted up in the separate thread here on the English forums (that nobody seems to comment on).

I had wondered because, as I mentioned, seeing some of the other characters for the game posted on blogs and other website around the world, the notation on characters has been confusing and made it impossible at times to try and re-create the character(s) in question using the game system.

Thanks again, mon ami!

[Gully]

BTW, I think the character sheets help here, with a separate area for penalties and bonuses from Domain and Discipline levels.

[JohnK]

Hullo, Gully,

BTW, I think the character sheets help here, with a separate area for penalties and bonuses from Domain and Discipline levels.

That certainly does help, as my players discovered on Friday night and the Sunday afternoon crew discovered today when they created their characters and wanted to know where these things went!