Scores of 5 or higher get two descriptions. Does this also apply to to cover? With a 5 Will and a 5 cover, could a character have belief system and self confident, and also Classical Scholar and Sculptor?

Hi Eric,

Excellent question. The answer is "No," that the two-descriptor rule only applies to Stamina, Will, and Lore.

However! Covers can be more complex than one word. I could see something like "Raised by wolves, now a special-ops agent." Also, the rules in 'Sword replace Cover with "Past," and they permit multiple Pasts. This works in a special way for this supplement's material.

In terms of the basic rules and Cover, I think that the distinction between Too Much and Too Little has to be worked out within individual play groups. It helps if you think of Cover as "what a reader or viewer would call the character," rather than as a literal indicator of every possible skill they might have.

The problem with being too free & easy is that many role-players are used to the Buckaroo Banzai method of character creation, in which the character may be ex-Special Forces, trained mystically in the Orient, a Ph.D. in Practical Engineering, and a mutant mind-control powerhouse and extra healing. I always use the movie/literature model for Cover definition, and point out that BB is a parody.

Best,
Ron

I always use the movie/literature model for Cover definition, and point out that BB is a parody.

Isn't it an homage, really? It's cool, whatever it is. I'd put Six-String Samurai right next to it in terms of homage/pastiche films.

On 2001-12-11 11:58, Jared A. Sorensen wrote:
Isn't it an homage, really? It's cool, whatever it is. I'd put Six-String Samurai right next to it in terms of homage/pastiche films.

I can't let an opportunity to talk about Six-String Samurai pass me by.

Watch it. Then go play octaNe. Both are awesome.

- Scott