Hello folks,
I was looking over the rules for building a Scene in Chapter 4: Moderating the Game of the Core Rulebook, and I think I noticed a peculiarity related to the numbers of Minions and Lieutenants in Scenes. I’ve reproduced the pertinent part of the Scene Element Difficulty Quick Reference table below for ease of reference:*
Difficulty | Minions | Lieutenants |
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EASY | ⒽD6 | ½ⒽD8 |
MODERATE | ⒽD8 | ½ⒽD10 |
DIFFICULT | ⒽD10 | ½ⒽD12 |
Let = 4. Therefore, 1 Moderate Difficulty Scene Element could be 4 Minions. But, the rules also state that the GM can swap one Moderate Element for 2 Easy ones. 1 Easy Element could be 2 Lieutenants. Thus, one could replace 1 Moderate Element with 2 sets of 2 Lieutenants, which = 4 Lieutenants. But, remember that 4 Minions can also be 1 Moderate Scene Element. So, now we have a situation in which a group of Minions and a group of Lieutenants of the same number and die sizes are both considered 1 Moderate Scene Elements, yet the Lieutenant group is obviously significantly more powerful.
The same is true regarding and Minions and Lieutenants: 1 Difficult Element can = 4 Minions or 2 Moderate Elements, and 1 Moderate Element can = 2 Lieutenants, so 4 Minions and 4 Lieutenants can both be Difficult Scene Elements.
Anyway, I just thought I’d share this y’all. Do you think this was intentional? Or did I make some sort of mistake?
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I hope reproducing this bit of the table is okay, and doesn’t count as unauthorised reproduction of one of GTG’s products. If it does, please remove it.