thread: 2006-11-30 : Mechaton FAQ
On 2006-12-01, Vincent wrote:
Oh foof, it does no such thing.
It's a ruling that has implications, yes, but they're interesting whichever way they fall and they're clearly within the game's tolerances. They don't make or break spotting, mech design, or the game. That you (for any given "you") prefer one way to another is cool and awesome - the only advantage and I mean the ONLY advantage that this ruling has over any other, the only reason I'm coming down this way instead of that, is that the text supports it.
Let me say more: this ruling about spotting without yellow dice exists at a place of tension between the ideal game in my head and the solutions I came up with to the immediate problem of writing the book. While the book's written the way it is, this is the ruling; it may last only to revision 1, it may last forever. We'll see. My own ideal ruling is even further from the text than yours, Ralph! I'll tell you it maybe tomorrow.
