From:	"I'm going slightly mad --Queen" <CMEILSTRUP@******.BITNET>
Subject:	Ratings of 10+
Date:	Thu, 22 Oct 92 12:05:00 EDT

If a skill rating of 3 or 4 is considered average, and a rating of 6 or 7 is
considered outstanding, what would those 10+ ratings be classified as. Almost
insanely ridiculous. In one campaign I'm in, my character has an intellegence
of 8 (a la cerebral booster). Since the character speaks English as his native
language, his English rating becomes a 10. It's my impression that with that
high a language skill, he can go to any English-speaking area and blend in--
no accent whatsoever.
Back to my original point: What is the true value of having 10+ ratings, apart
from being able to roll a lot of dice? If a campaign had more and more
charcters with 10+ ratings, the chance for error in many situations becomes
less and less. Given that statement, it can be assumed that certain players
want an near absolute guarantee of having their way in the game by having these
insanely high ratings. Do you know how dull combat can be when you have a
couple of mages with such high mana-whatever ratings that at a snap of a
finger, they can blow up some poor guard who couldn't hope to resist?
There's my 2 Y worth.

CBM
Black Bear (Svatur Bjorn)
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