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From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject: Re: SR3 and it's affects
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 18:12:16 -0400
At 02:38 PM 8/5/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Erik Jameson wrote:
>>Which is exactly why I mentioned it; I'm going to have to adjust not only
>>the Dark Stranger's skills, but also his gear, because I doubt I'll be able
>>to translate Firearms:5 into Pistol:5, SMG:5, AR:5, etc.
>
>Um, perhaps I'm missing something, but why can't you? If you want to say
>he's better with some weapons than others, well, that makes perfect sense,
>but if you're trying to fit him into a fixed point budget, I don't see why.

It takes, what, 29 Karma Points to go from zero skill to five, correct?
Suddenly we go from one skill, level five, to three skills at level five.
That should cost an extra 58 points of Karma to do.

So yes, as near as we yet now, there is something of a fixed point budget.

Erik J.


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