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Originally Posted by Wyvern76
If +3 is "average", why do the modifiers top out at +3? Or did you mean to write "-3 to +6"?
Wyvern
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Here's the relevant passage and table:
"Consider that a character with a supernatural Virtue (7) would need to roll a 12 in order to make a roll at -6 (12 + 7 - 6 = 13). Hence a good guideline for assigning modifiers based on circumstances is:
Modifier Description
+ 4 or more Easy
+3 Average
+2 Not too hard
+1 Hard
0 Pretty hard
-1 Difficult
-2 Pretty difficult
-3 Problematic
-4 Very difficult
-5 Highly improbable
-6 or lower Nearly impossible
"Often actions in the context of a Tale will by default be “Pretty Hard”, as Tales are by their very nature dramatic and ofttimes arduous."
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Originally Posted by Wyvern76
Incidentally, I wouldn't have thought the number 13 was all that common in traditional fairy tales (as opposed to modern-day fantasy). Can anyone give examples of where it shows up?
Wyvern
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Two, off the top of my head:
"The Nordic gods invited twelve people to a banquet. Loki was not invited because he was a known troublemaker. But he came, uninvited, as the thirteenth, and brought ill-fortune with him. Baldur, the favorite of the gods, had to die."
In some versions of La Belle au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty to anglophones), it is the thirteenth, uninvited fairy who curses Briar Rose.