ShadowofLords
Mongoose
I'm finding some conflicting entries in the Player's Handbook and the Mission Book for calculating NODE dice numbers. I've seen this happen on purpose elsewhere to mess with the players, with the Gamemaster's Handbook clarifying, but this time it seems curiously absent.
Page 17 of the Player's Handbook states that:
However, the Mission Book on page 6 states, on the topic of negative skills:
The Mission Book also states, on page 14:
Player's handbook always suggests that negative skills are subtracted from the NODE (with a negative NODE then counting all non-successes as failures). Mission book always suggests that negative skills are added to the NODE as if positive (and then the NODE is treated as above with regards to failures).
Was there ever any clarification published on this, or should it be treated like the Gamemaster's Handbook treats armor, where the GM can just change the rule session to session to keep players on their toes?
Page 17 of the Player's Handbook states that:
Some things also take dice away, negative skills[...].
However, the Mission Book on page 6 states, on the topic of negative skills:
Ignoring the minus sign, add the Stat + Skill together[...].
The Mission Book also states, on page 14:
[A]dd the two numbers as if they were both positive[...].
Player's handbook always suggests that negative skills are subtracted from the NODE (with a negative NODE then counting all non-successes as failures). Mission book always suggests that negative skills are added to the NODE as if positive (and then the NODE is treated as above with regards to failures).
Was there ever any clarification published on this, or should it be treated like the Gamemaster's Handbook treats armor, where the GM can just change the rule session to session to keep players on their toes?