From: | Ulrich Haupt sandman@****.uni-oldenburg.de |
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Subject: | some easy(?) questions |
Date: | Wed, 21 Apr 1999 17:44:21 +0200 |
I have spend some time reading through the game master
screen and while reading some questions popped up my mind
which I couldn't answer though some of them are more
philosophical than a real problem but you will see. My
questions are aimed against the Critter Book and not the
screen itself.
Before I start I must admit that I have bought the german
version of the game master screen therefore some questions
might be results from bad translations or just wrong typing.
1) I found that the sabre tooth tiger has a damage code of
5S and a reach of zero while the normal tiger shows damage
codes of 10S with +1 reach? Did I miss something or is the
paranormal version that smaller and less dangerous than the
standard version?
2) In the section for the power of the awakened animals I
found a power 'astral armor' which allows astral armor but
only if the dual being projects astral. I always thought
dual beings are dual and can't project (except manifested
spirits but they don't count or do they?). And what is the
logic that their astral armor vanishes with materialization?
3) Air elementals can be captured in air tight rooms. Does
this take into account that elementals can just shift into
the astral space and leave their prison (as long there is no
astral barrier)?
And now I have some more general questions ...
4) How do weak dual critters survive (like the harphy). They
have a very low initiative compared to truly astral beings.
They have to take care of both planes (physical and astral)
and often don't hav the chance to flee while astral enemies
are fast and can always 'fly'. Dual critters are like cannon
fodder for not very powerful spirits ( I think about force
5-6) especially if those spirits have ranged attacks.
5) Did any character suffer deafness through load gun sounds
or does everybody wear ear protection?
6) This last one is more a problem for the lawers between
us. In a moment of evelness my group thought about a method
of killing a rival mage. Their idea was to force the mage to
use his combat spells in self defence (against a go-gang)
while taking pictures with a drone from far above. If the
mage kills a gang member with his magic it would 'always be
murder' of first(?) degree. Fortunately they found another
way. But what do you think?
Thanks for your attention
Sandman (who found a name brother last weekend in the
'Terminus experiment' btw a very good novel!)