From: | Scott Wheelock iscottw@*****.nb.ca |
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Subject: | Just another ghoul question |
Date: | Mon, 05 Jul 1999 18:17:22 -0300 |
Ed., I naturally happened upon the ghoul rules (s'cool, fool). Didn't
have a problem with most of it, except for two things...
Numero uno (easy one)
It says that ghoul characters have the Blind Flaw. Now, reading the
Blind Flaw, it states that "Cyber-replacement eyes cannot correct the
Blind Flaw" (SRC3, p19). But, ghouls, it says, "use cybereyes to
overcome this problem" (SRC3, p33). So, go by the Flaw, and cybereyes
have no effect, or go by the rest of the material, including Bug City
(and maybe T:UCAS, haven't read it), and rule that blind ghouls with
cybereyes have their vision restored?
Numero dos (my first attempt at an as-far-as-I-know-it's-original House Rule)
Ghouls have to roll on a table (p 33) to determine the effects of the
viral infection...this is the only random bit of character creation in
Shadowrun, and no sir, I don't like it. So, to make it a matter of
choice, I propose the following: instead of rolling on the Body scale,
one must purchase the level one wants with building points.
Standard functional ghoul costs 10 points, just like the book says.
+1 to Willpower costs 14 points. -1 Charisma (personality mostly
intact) costs 8 points, -1 to Intelligence and Charisma (some semblance
of personality left) costs 6 points (I might not allow this option as a
GM). I definitely wouldn't allow the lowest option, where the
personality is little more than an animal (that's a Critter, not a PC).
I'd welcome criticism on this...are the point values to high, low,
stupid? And, a major problem I see right away is, how does Body figure
into it (as it does in the by-the-book rules)? I can't see a way to do
it..maybe make higher Body characters pay less points for each option,
lower Body pay more? That's just changing what you spend points on
though...frustrating.
Anyway, I'm ready for input! C'mon, you House Rule junkies :)
-Murder of One