Qov
2008-02-27, 05:41 PM
In the article on the proposed revamp to the Diplomacy skill, I was a little confused by the sentence, "The base DC for any Diplomacy check is equal to the 15 + level of the highest-level character in the group that you are trying to influence + the Wisdom modifier of the character in the group with the highest Wisdom."
I can't quite parse "the 15 + level of the highest level character."
I thought maybe the "15 +" was an accidental insertion, and it was just level plus wisdom. But when I look at the example, the 5th level captain plus Wis 13 makes 18, not 21. If I add 15 + LVL + WIS I get 33, not 21. It's not "the level above 15" because no one has a level above 15.
So where does the 21 come from, please?
I like the proposal. It is realistic without being overly complicated or arbitrary.
I can't quite parse "the 15 + level of the highest level character."
I thought maybe the "15 +" was an accidental insertion, and it was just level plus wisdom. But when I look at the example, the 5th level captain plus Wis 13 makes 18, not 21. If I add 15 + LVL + WIS I get 33, not 21. It's not "the level above 15" because no one has a level above 15.
So where does the 21 come from, please?
I like the proposal. It is realistic without being overly complicated or arbitrary.