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| Subject: | multitasking |
| Date: | Wed, 21 Oct 92 15:40:00 EST |
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>--
>Not to be flamin' opinions, :) but with these "multitasking" ideas usin'
>an encephelon you could extend this into some guy firing two guns at once
>without penalty, usin' two swords at once w/o penalty, sword and gun, maybe
>even decking and shootin' at the same time... decking and rigging at the
>same time...
>If the character was doin' these multiple activities, maybe a modifier per
>extra activity on each thing he was doing (i.e. 3 activities == +2 on all
>skill rolls or more ). Also limit the number of activites by the
>encephelon rating or make it no more than 2 or 3. Maybe a number of
>activities equal to it's ratin'.... no bonus at R1 and then extras..
>
>Comments welcome (like I could stop 'em) :)
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> -Storm
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>>>>>....or castin 3 different spells while firin' an AVM
or...<<<<
I agree totally with Storm...The idea of multitasking in the maxtrix would
get totally blown out of proportion with the gaming world and even so it
seems to make things a bit too easy. Don't you think????
Lightning
<< Magic is a drug, it can create, kill or produce many unwanted effects.
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