Roots and Attribute Advancement

[foxandwarlock]

Let's say my Agility was 4 when I burned my character. It gave me a Sword root of 2 and in play it went up to 3. When my Agility goes to 6, does this roll back to all my roots? I.e. Does my Sword skill suddenly go to 4 (from Root 2 + 1 point gained in play to Root 3 + 1 point gained in play)? Or is the Root only relevant at the exact moment that it is determined?

I guess I'm asking what the philosophical idea of the Root is. Is it:

A) My natural inclination to the skill in which case it is always there and should be adjusted as my Attributes advance.

or

B) The reflection of what I have learned while I accumulated my Beginner's Luck checks and therefore is relevant only at the moment it becomes a skill.

[luke]

Let's say my Agility was 4 when I burned my character. It gave me a Sword root of 2 and in play it went up to 3. When my Agility goes to 6, does this roll back to all my roots?

No, once opened, skills become independent of roots.

The only thing that remains tied is shade (gray out that Agility and ya get a gray sword skill, too).

-L

[Kublai]

But, it is true that if you had an undeveloped Root skill of 2 and your Root Stat went to 6 during gameplay, your Root Skill would automatically be bumped up to 3?

[luke]

But, it is true that if you had an undeveloped Root skill of 2 and your Root Stat went to 6 during gameplay, your Root Skill would automatically be bumped up to 3?

Huh? No. As soon as you open a skill -- when you write it in the skill column of your character sheet -- the numbers become independent of each other.

If you're in the process of learning a skill with Beginner's Luck and your stat goes up, not only does your aptitude drop, but you open the skill at your (new) current root.

hope that helps,
-L

[Kublai]

Why does the shade of the Root Stat continue to be tied and not the exponent of the Root Stat? If my potential increases, why wouldn't my base understanding?

[foxandwarlock]

Okay, thanks.

*sneaks out of the room while Kublai and Abzu aren't looking*

[luke]

Why does the shade of the Root Stat continue to be tied and not the exponent of the Root Stat? If my potential increases, why wouldn't my base understanding?

::cues music::
::cues sunset backdrop::
::takes little Kublai by the shoulder::

Because, young Kublai, of a thing called Simplicity in Design. Oh, I know how that must sound to your young, energetic ears, but us old folks, we need Simplicity in Design. Overcomplicating matters for the sake munchkinism or verisimilitude doesn't have the same appeal as you grow older.

::digresses into an uncomfortable talk about growing older and the birds and the bees::

-L

[foxandwarlock]

*click, click, click, click*

www.dictionary.com

*click, click, click*

v-e-r-i-s-i-m-i-l-i-t-u-d-e

That's like the third word I've had to look up since coming to these boards (crazy Abzu and his big words).

[luke]

::catches Fox and makes him sit through the talk::

::GM tells Fox to note a Difficult Incon test, he failed to get out of Abzu's sight::