| From: | "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | PAs |
| Date: | Tue, 7 Dec 1993 18:17:06 -0800 |
>>phrased. It should have read "This is much better, at the moment ....."
>>As to the suprise factor if you notice the combat sense makes it impossible
>>for phys ads to be suprised. With the current cost for combat sense it was
>>only this advantage that actually made purchasing the ability worthwhile.
>>This rule may not be covered in the actual description of phys ad abilities
>>but it is certainly present in the section on suprise.
You better qoute me this one, because I've looked in the book and there is
nothing in the Surprise section about Physical Adepts.
>>I can see your point but what you're talking about is a magical gift not some-
>>thing that has been earned by several years sweating it out in the local gym.
>>The way I play increases above the racial max the player has to really get the
>>character to spend time on a suitable activity and not just spend karma. To
>>get strength up to 9 (max for a normal human) you would be talking at least
>>5 years of extensive weightraining. Maybe less if drugs etc were used.
Your points are valid, but mine is that as the rules stand, it's just to damn
difficult for PA's to raise their attributes to levels that would allow them
to compare to a Sam.
Under the present system the PA works hard, initiates TWICE, and only gets one
attribute point over Racial Max. The sam goes to the bioclinic and has a new
level of muscle agumentation put in and gets 2 points over racial max (which he
reached a long time ago). That's just not fair to PAs.
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