Message no. 1

From:	Max Rible <slothman@*********.ORG>
Subject:	Re: in my *next* campaign... (was Re: Hermetic Libraries)
Date:	Tue, 1 Apr 1997 15:00:26 -0800

At 14:35 4/1/97 -0800, Brett Barksdale wrote:
>There this great big thing I've been building over the last year. It's
>called the "What I'll do differently with my next SR campaign." And
>it's a /beast/ - it's huge.

>As a side-note and digression, I've long since realized that most of
>the game balance problems that certain campaigns and/or game systems
>have could be eradicated by severely restricting what starting characters
>have to begin with - NO MATTER WHAT THE FRAGGIN RULEBOOK SEZ. If starting
>characters with firearms skills of 6 make everyone an expert out of the
>box, don't let anyone start with firearms higher than 3 or 4.

One thing that I heartily recommend is converting from a linear skill point
allocation system to a karma point based one. One of the big problems with
SR's character generation system (IMNSHO) is the way you can make six points
count as six karma (by buying six skills at 1) or as 51 karma (by buying one
specialized skill with the general at 4, concentration at 6, and
specialization at 8). You might want to take a look at
http://www.amurgsval.org/shadowrun/karma.html (where my group has most
of the annoying calculations summarized).

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