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From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: +3 Meta Modifier
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 14:41:55 -0500
On Thu, 15 Jul 1993, Curtis W Patrick wrote:

> For example, the generic +3 attrib thing. That should be scrapped. It is
> why too limitting if you want severall races. A Pixie PC should not
> have attributes better than human, but have a hellatious Initiative.
> Don't really know what the stats would be, but other factors should be
> added. Scrap the basic +3, allergy, some sort of better eyes thing.
> These guidelines need to be expanded to include may natural magic ability
> (in the case of pixies I believe) and penalized using attributes or something.

Well, the +3 modifier does have one advantage. All races are equal and
can all be given the same creation requirement of A.

I toyed (very briefly) with the idea of giving the Pixie a +1 magic, but
junked it just as fast.

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Random Thought:

Response From: coleman@******.cs.ucla.edu (Michael Coleman)
To the question: is there a COBOL mode for GNU emacs:

Isn't it pitiful when the editor you are using is a better programming
environment than the *language* you are using??

BTW, there is a COBOL and a Fortran mode.
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