| From: | mneideng@****.caltech.edu (Mark L. Neidengard) |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Mechanics Question |
| Date: | Thu, 28 Mar 1996 17:04:11 -0800 (PST) |
>
> I understand. No biggey just when you hear that there are dragons and
> free spirits when the game I run, while not tame by any means, would
> not not have PCs like that. I had assumed that they were PCs here also.
>
> Warloc has a very long and in depth history, but here I intend to play
> him as a newbee.
>
> One last thing then. How do we raise skills, attributes, and initiate
> grades?
There's no formal method for doing so: only you will really know what your
characters' stats are supposed to be anyway unless you specifically tell
others. =) Probably the thing to do is to see what happens in the role-playing
of characters interacting and doing things. When you feel comfortable with
"upgrading" your characters, feel free to do so. We've certainly had
several instances of magical characters going "away" for a while following some
momentous event or other, during which time they Initiated. Plus, characters
can get cyberware installed, hit the gym, hit the university, and all that stuff
without requiring list approval. =)
I think the idea in this forum is to have "diceless" role-playing as much as
possible, and use the mechanics just as a sanity check to make sure everyone
here is "playing" the same game. I found that the only time the mechanics were
really important was when something outrageous was going to happen (e.g. the
Wraith incident), when I found it useful to see exactly how powerful the
Wraith should be in comparison to those hunting it. =)
--
/!\/!ark /!\!eidengard, CS Major, VLSI. http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~mneideng
"Fairy of sleep, controller of illusions" Operator/Jack-of-all-Trades, CACR
"Control the person for my own purpose." "Don't mess with the Dark
Elves!"
-Pirotess, _Record_of_Lodoss_War_ Shadowrunner and Anime Addict
