Journeying on familiar routes

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Glorelendil
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Re: Journeying on familiar routes

Post by Glorelendil » Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:13 pm

zedturtle wrote:
CorTOR wrote:
zedturtle wrote:Maybe for combat, but only against the same foes... i.e. if you keep having running battles with the same band of goblins, you'll get to know them and their tactics pretty good. It should not apply to all goblins, everywhere.
Slippery slope there : the goblins too should then get the boni. I'd say better keep it simple and as usual, arguing both sides adapt and get more adept both at attacking and defending against that particular group ;).
Point taken. But what do you think about the bonus for Encounters with folks you already know?
Depends on the previous outcome. I think I'd adjust Tolerance rather than modify TNs or Preliminary rolls.
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Re: Journeying on familiar routes

Post by Majestic » Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:25 am

That's how I ruled it (increasing Tolerance). In Tales, when the party encountered Galion again (after having met him earlier in the Marsh-Bell, and since in that first encounter they'd done pretty well in the Encounter), I think I upped the Tolerance by 2 for that second meeting.
Tale of Years for a second, lower-level group (in the same campaign).

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Re: Journeying on familiar routes

Post by CorTOR » Sun Jan 04, 2015 1:46 pm

I'd concur with Glorelendil and Majestic and rather adjust the Tolerance. It might not be easier per se to convince the characters encountered of anything; after all, an Elf prejudiced against Bardings or Dwarves might not have changed his opinions of them. But depending on previous encounters they might be more (or less) willing to listen to the player-characters because of personal knowledge of these specific persons.

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Re: Journeying on familiar routes

Post by Majestic » Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:54 pm

And it sometimes could be a different amount based on different circumstances. When our party of adventurers met Galion a second time, many in the group were new (only a few were familiar to him).
Tale of Years for a second, lower-level group (in the same campaign).

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