Luck Roll "always modifies..."

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Luck Roll "always modifies..."

Post by wavemotion »

The beta rules state:
This “lucky roll” is always modified by the character’s Luck score (for good or bad) in ...
But the lucky roll table (1-2) has these:
29 Birdsong: Number of languages
30 Wild child: Speed (each +1 = +5’ speed)
It's possible languages could be reduced to zero - which might actually make for an interesting mute character. But Speed seems to only indicate a bonus... I assume each -1 would be a -5' speed as well? Fortunately there is no -4 modifier or you could end up unable to move (A Wild Child Dwarf, for example).

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Re: Luck Roll "always modifies..."

Post by finarvyn »

I'd rule that the number of languages can't be modified below one.

I use the "hit point" rule as a precident, plus while mute characters could be interesting I don't think that this is the intent of the rule.
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