Olesens
04-25-1999, 12:18 PM
JNeighb934@aol.com wrote:
> In an action such as Rule, any regent with a similar holding in the province
> or the province ruler can support or oppose the Rule attempt by subtracting
> or adding, respectively, his holding or province level to the action success
> roll. My players have argued that if a regent is ruling up, say, a guild
> level 3 to a level 4, then that regent should be able to use his existing
> level 3 guild as a positive modifier to his action roll. I ruled against
> this, stating that only other regents could affect the roll in that way; the
> Ruling (as in the domain action) regent could not use his current holding or
> province level to affect the roll. Even though I understand my players'
> reasoning for believing a regent should be able to use his current
> holding/province level as a positive modifier, I disallowed it because I feel
> it makes it too easy for the character to Rule up and is a loophole to save
> RP. IMO, just being able to rule up in the first place is indicative enough
> of the regent's influence in the province without the added benefit of a
> freebie and automatic positive modifier.
> How do some of you other DMs out there rule on this?
Well I've seen one version where rule is 20+ and you can use the holding as a
positive modifier. IMC, I put out that loophole with a DM Decree Action: "Tough
luck, that doesn't work." I also ruled that only law holdings and similar
holding types may oppose or support a rule action (It keeps province rulers from
getting to use thier province level). When ruling provinces I use the target
level as a negative modifier to the 10+. In addition I use a chart of modifiers
for the action. The chart is based on how filled the guild/temple/law slots are,
how safe the province location is, etc. If you want it I can email you the HTML
file.
> In an action such as Rule, any regent with a similar holding in the province
> or the province ruler can support or oppose the Rule attempt by subtracting
> or adding, respectively, his holding or province level to the action success
> roll. My players have argued that if a regent is ruling up, say, a guild
> level 3 to a level 4, then that regent should be able to use his existing
> level 3 guild as a positive modifier to his action roll. I ruled against
> this, stating that only other regents could affect the roll in that way; the
> Ruling (as in the domain action) regent could not use his current holding or
> province level to affect the roll. Even though I understand my players'
> reasoning for believing a regent should be able to use his current
> holding/province level as a positive modifier, I disallowed it because I feel
> it makes it too easy for the character to Rule up and is a loophole to save
> RP. IMO, just being able to rule up in the first place is indicative enough
> of the regent's influence in the province without the added benefit of a
> freebie and automatic positive modifier.
> How do some of you other DMs out there rule on this?
Well I've seen one version where rule is 20+ and you can use the holding as a
positive modifier. IMC, I put out that loophole with a DM Decree Action: "Tough
luck, that doesn't work." I also ruled that only law holdings and similar
holding types may oppose or support a rule action (It keeps province rulers from
getting to use thier province level). When ruling provinces I use the target
level as a negative modifier to the 10+. In addition I use a chart of modifiers
for the action. The chart is based on how filled the guild/temple/law slots are,
how safe the province location is, etc. If you want it I can email you the HTML
file.