From: | Shannon@*****.co.za (Shannon Buys) |
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Subject: | Newbie Character creation [RANT] |
Date: | Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:05:44 +0200 |
their characters because <whiny voice>...we don't want the archetypes, we
want our own characters </whiny voice> I have come up with a couple of rules
on the subject.
Especially after all this time, we ended up with characters that just
weren't here nor there. One guy, trying to get a kick-ass Street Sam,
figured he could do better than the one in the book, we ended up with a WAY
inferrior one compared to the book, because of the standard law of Cool Shit
TM. (This looks cool, it might come in handy I want it.) Plus having to
explain that generic skills like (Vehicle B/R) don't exist and why, also
took up quite a lot of time.
P1: But I don't want to spend points on Pistol, and Submachine Gun and
Shotgun and ...., can't I just have Guns 6 ?
GM (me): No.
P1: Why not?
GM: Because they don't work the same, someone who is good with a Pistol,
might not be as good with a submachine gun cause the re-coil and weight etc.
is different.
P2: But then won't being able to fire a handgun make it easier for me to
fire a smg, they're similar?
GM: *thinking, how many smg's have you fired in your life?* Yes, that's why
you can default from one skill in the group to the other, it's possible,
it's just going to be harder.
P1: Oh, but isn't there a skill that lets me fire them all equally well?
GM: GARRRRR! *Pulls out live AK-47 purchased on blackmarket and fires a few
rounds at players to demonstrate balistics* (Not really)
Anyway, after going through this for nearly every skill, then similar
variations for Cyberware and adept powers, I'm waking up in the middle of
the night screaming things like
"YES! THE ESSENCE COST IS 0.16 AND THAT'S IT, IT WON'T GET ANY LOWER KNOW
MATTER WHAT YOU DO!!! No matter how much more nuyen you spend, not even if
you re-attach your testicles via direct feed to your left cerebral
hemisphere to make you more human!!!!"
Right, I'm losing track.
>From now on, Newbs MAY ONLY play archetypes out of the book. After playing
their archetype for more than 3 months or 12 gaming sessions, they can bring
me a character CONCEPT (NOTE: A character concept.) and if they put enough
background in, I'll help them create the character.
No more munching out on creation and then trying to adapt history to fit.
[quote]
...I was designed by the yakuza as the ultimate killing machine, then they
got tired of me and tried to kill me so I ran away.
[/quote]
NEVER EVER again am I going through the sourcebooks explaining EACH and
EVERY *&#$ piece of cyber and why and why not it would be usefull.
Now I know why there are archetypes in the book. Thank you FanPro/Fasa, I
am now a believer.
[/rant]