Query from Facebook Group - Reconnoitre

[cardophillipo]

Query from David W on the BKC Facebook page.

Am I reading this right?

2nd paragraph on page 31 under "Reconnoitre" reads, in part,:

"The score required on 1d6 to reconnoitre the terrain will be 1 per full 10cm distance to the centre of the area to be reconoittred, e.g. 1 up to 10cm, 2 up to 20cm, 3 up to 30cm, etc. A roll of 1 is always unsuccessful and the reconnoitre is successful if the score is equal to or greater than that required."

So a D6 score of 1 or more is required to search an area less 20cm but a 1 always fails. So the minimum successful score is 2 not 1 as implied by e.g. "1 up to 10cm". Correct?

I ask as it seems there are a few typos in BKC IV so just wanting to confirm. Thanks

Cheers

Richard P

[Dr Dave]

It's a typo of sorts I think - a roll of 1 on a d6 has always been a fail ever since bkc1.

[Big Insect]

It's an inconsistency that needs correcting.

A roll of a 1 for communication is always a fail, this needs to be the same for reconnoiter - it represents a failure of communication, rather than any difficulty in actually reconnoitering anything up close.

The reconnoiter rules were carried over from BKCIII and I thought I'd adjusted them to correct this, but it has slipped through the final edit.

I don't do Facebook - so happy to have this answer posted up by somebody if that helps?

Cheers
Mark

[cardophillipo]

Thanks Mark,

Will do.

Cheers

Richard P