From:	Joseph Nuth III <u1jan@******.GSFC.NASA.GOV>
Subject:	Re: why you are your card
Date:	Wed, 4 Mar 1998 19:20:21 -0500

---Noah Overton <NOAH_OVERTON@*************.OM.HP.COM> wrote:

"Hey every one! great responses to the "me as a card".
keep it up. But lets justify the reason for your skill.
Tony had a great card and a reason to have his skills.
not to take away from any one else. but if you a firearms-1
skill it should mean that you are trained or use firearms a lot
not just that you have shot a gun. I believe that the skills on a
card at level one mean you are better then Joe or Jill average.
if you have a skill level two it seem that you would be better than
trained but very skilled. skill level three and you would be better
then the best. see what i mean.
once again I am not trying to poop in any ones wheaties. but lets
keep are selves mortal for now.
and this is in no way meant to put a damper on the my card idea
keep them coming or revamp yours with more detail."

This idea brings another lurker out of the shadows to make an
honest attempt to be realistic, although no one is perfect...

Dr. Joe
Human Mage
Cost: 5¥
Threat Rating: 2/3
Skills: Sorcery 3, Technical 2, Demolition 1, Leadership 1
Special: Roll D6, 1-2 no effect, 4-6 Dr. Joe trashes a
bureaucratic challenge (this assumes additional expansions...)
Flavor: "It's not filling out the forms well that's important.
Getting results without any paperwork is what really counts."
Pic: Heavy-set long-haired human male working at a lab bench
while talking on the phone.

The basis for the Sorcery 2 skill and Mage definition is the equivalence
previously proposed for scientists - the hermetic tradition is certainly=

the logical extention to the scientific method - my Ph.D. in Chemistry
plus the additional 15+ years of research experience at NASA.

The technical skill comes from the fact that I really am a "rocket=
scientist"
working both on space-based payloads and on laboratory simulations of=
various
high-temperature processes that occur in astrophysical environments.

The demolition "skill" comes from the times I've blown out parts of my lab
in reasonably spectacular fashion (but without loss of life or limb).

Leadership is based on my managerial position at NASA and the fact that I
have run several national Research Programs for NASA Headquarters=
involving
on the order of 100 researchers and annual budgets exceeding $15 million.=


Just my few nuyens worth,
Joe Nuth





Dr. Joseph A. Nuth III
Head, Astrochemistry Branch
Code 691
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt MD 20771


Phone: (301)286-9467 Fax: (301)286-1683