So page 233 says, " When an Acolyte fails an Influence test by more degrees of failure than his Fellowship bonus, his Influence bonus decreases by 1 ."
His Influence bonus decreases by 1? Influence Bonus isn't even used in acquisition. So is this a strange way of saying he loses 10 Influence? Surely not, that's way too steep.
Who can tell me what this means?
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Edited by GurkhalI'd like to think it must be an error but it could mean decrease their characteristic by ten. That's pretty cruel though, even by my standards.
Personally, I think there are some big problems with the Influence system, namely that it only makes sense in certain campaign set ups. I would actually be far more in favour of making it a characteristic that you bought up like any other with a variable XP cost based on Role, just like the rest. If I wanted to then have in-game adjustments based on PC actions, I could apply modifiers as needed within that particular adventure.