[Torg] more NCI questions

[Kansas Jim]

>>>> defense (or better)?  That seems to put the PC to a significant
>>>> disadvantage.

>>> PCs get P-Points and cards, giving them a significant advantage over
>>> most NPCs (the interaction rules in the original rulebook even point
>>> this out) so it probably balances out.

> PCs get P-Points and cards - to my way of thinking, this is because they are
> *supposed* to have that advantage.  By giving the NPCs an average of around
> +3 to their defense, aren't you taking back some of the advantage that the
> system gives to PCs?  I guess what I am saying is that IMO the advantages
> that the PCs get aren't an accident or mistake, and I would prefer not to
> lessen them.

<shrug> I really don't see it as all that big of a deal. I'm not doing
it because I feel some great need to depower PCs or balance the NPCs,
I do it because it simplifies the process and speeds up game play a
little bit.

> I was suggesting that you can ditch the die roll (which has an average BN of
> zero) and also *not* give the NPCs the advantage of worsening the attitude
> level one step?

Then how would I reflect a character actively resisting whatever it is
the other character is trying to convince them to do?

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