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Message no. 1
From: Ben Jordan <jordanbd@***.BELOIT.EDU>
Subject: Stupid karma pool tricks...
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1993 14:31:28 +22310502
So you can add as much as you want the the group pool. Interesting. Does
it have to come from the personal pool? Or can you just add it streight
from your available karma?

Group pools are fairly nifty. Other that the fact that when someone leaves
the group it reduces drastically, are there other major disadvantages? If
you do not anticipate having your cha.'s leave the party, it looks like a
good investment. You can simlpy use the karma on the players who need it.
Seems like a much better solution.

Does the pool reduce when a cha. dies?
--

Ben-ha-meen
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i feel an evil presence or something--

james mcculloch
Message no. 2
From: The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Stupid karma pool tricks...
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1993 15:32:16 -0600
>So you can add as much as you want the the group pool. Interesting. Does
>it have to come from the personal pool? Or can you just add it streight
>from your available karma?

Group Karma Pool is formed from Personal Karma Pools, not Personal Karma.
I have 140 Karma, and after losing a few dice here and there I have a
pool of 10; I can add any of those 10 to the Group Karma Pool. I add two and
my Karma Pool drops to 8.

>Does the pool reduce when a cha. dies?

Yes, though perhaps not as much (I'm not sure).


J Roberson
Message no. 3
From: Neal A Porter <nap@*****.PHYSICS.SWIN.OZ.AU>
Subject: Re: Stupid karma pool tricks...
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 12:33:36 +1100
>
>So you can add as much as you want the the group pool. Interesting. Does
>it have to come from the personal pool? Or can you just add it streight
>from your available karma?
>
>Group pools are fairly nifty. Other that the fact that when someone leaves
>the group it reduces drastically, are there other major disadvantages? If
>you do not anticipate having your cha.'s leave the party, it looks like a
>good investment. You can simlpy use the karma on the players who need it.
>Seems like a much better solution.

The problem is that to access the team Karma pool you need the permission
of the majority of the team. Now thats no problem if your team gets along.
but if they hate each others guts then you maynot be able to get to the dice.
The personal on the other hand is always there.

Adeus
Message no. 4
From: "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Stupid karma pool tricks...
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1993 17:33:35 -0800
>> The problem is that to access the team Karma pool you need the permission
>>of the majority of the team. Now thats no problem if your team gets along.
>>but if they hate each others guts then you maynot be able to get to the dice.
>> The personal on the other hand is always there.

Of course any team that dumb will be dead in short order.
Message no. 5
From: Neal A Porter <nap@*****.PHYSICS.SWIN.OZ.AU>
Subject: Re: Stupid karma pool tricks...
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 12:47:02 +1100
>
>>> The problem is that to access the team Karma pool you need the permission
>>>of the majority of the team. Now thats no problem if your team gets along.
>>>but if they hate each others guts then you maynot be able to get to the dice.
>>> The personal on the other hand is always there.
>
>Of course any team that dumb will be dead in short order.
>Jason J Carter

Check the newsgroup, there are a lot of dumb groups out there.

Adeus.
Message no. 6
From: The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Stupid karma pool tricks...
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1993 19:47:06 -0600
> Check the newsgroup, there are a lot of dumb groups out there.

One reason I use this list rather than USENET; people are too flame-happy
and stupid, for the most part, on any given Newsgroup.


J Roberson
Message no. 7
From: The Reverend <mdb0213@******.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Stupid karma pool tricks...
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 01:35:55 -0600
]Group pools are fairly nifty. Other that the fact that when someone leaves
]the group it reduces drastically, are there other major disadvantages? If


Reading the rules on this last night, it looked like "if a member leaves, take
out half of the karma they contributed to the group". It also made an argument
for something that I've assumed: that to raise the _group_ karma pool, everyone
in the _group_ had to add karma.

Probably just me.
Rev
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