| From: | DarkAngelI@******.com |
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| Subject: | Re: Whats the deal with... |
| Date: | Thu, 2 Nov 1995 22:47:31 -0800 |
Typo, my mistake.
>I know it says 50 kg x Body, but it just makes no sense whatsoever.
>Instead, if I were you I'd use common sense and not base body >weight on
Body -- if you do, you'll find that all fighting machines >weigh WAY too
much, and that every couch potato would also >have a Body of 5 or 6...
The "50 kgs per body point" is for the purpose of lifting someone with a
levatate spell. Period. Its a nice round easy number to use and its fairly
accurate, though definitely not exact. You are correct in stating that it
seems off, but there really is no way to determine a persons weight so it
therefore seemed the only logical course of action. Basically its up to the
player to determine at character creation how much the character weighs. They
could base it upon the 50kilos per point rule and knock it up or down however
they see fit. Its all just a matter personal taste.
>Stop comparing Body to body weight (see below) and maybe you'll >see why I
think it does add to the A+2 attributes... A shapeshifter
>in animal form appears as a large, well-built member of its species.
>IMHO this accounts for the extra Physical Attributes (the +2 or +1).
>EA is magic-based, so it doesn't need to add anything to body
>weight even if extra (real) Body would. The inherent magical
>nature of a shapeshifter provides it with much-increased attributes
>over what is naturally possible...
Look at what you just said."A shapeshifter in animal form appears as a large,
well-built member of its species. IMHO this accounts for the extra Physical
Attributes (the +2 or +1)." Those "extra" physical attributes ARE the
enhanced physical attributes. You just stated it for yourself.
Technically we could argue either point till we both turned blue in the face,
and would never get anywhere. This is why I think FASA should get involved in
this. If anyone at FASA or anyone who can get in contact with them could ask
them for a clarification on these rather ambiguous rules, it would be greatly
appreciated. Until then we really can't show any "official support" for
either arguement. That just means its your opinion versus mine, which quite
frankly means no matter what we say, its still only opinion.
