| From: | Richard Pieri <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Earthdawn (My Comments) |
| Date: | Wed, 11 Aug 1993 12:53:19 EDT |
R> You see, I was hoping that FASA would introduce continuity with
R> Shadowrun, not only in the 4th/5th/6th world bit, but the game
R> mechanics.
From the background, Shadowrun mechanics wouldn't quite work very
well, pretty much because every PC is some kind of Adept, either
physical, spellcasting, or several others (including the Beastmaster!
:-). The other thing is that the target market for Earthdawn is a less
experienced gamer.
R> To me, the simplifiedgame mechanics of Shadowrun, where only one
R> die is used, is beautiful.
Actually, there are many instances where more than one die is rolled.
First, if your "step" rating is high enough, you may roll two or more
dice and add their totals. Second, if you roll the highest value you
can on a die (ie, a "10" on a d10) you re-roll that die and add that
to the total (this is a bonus die, much like rolling a 10 or 20 in
TORG). Speaking of TORG, Earthdawn's primary authors also were the
primary authors of TORG.
There is, so far, one definite continuity, that being the reference to
oricalcum, the magical alloy. I haven't finished reading the book yet,
so I can't say much more about that. Also, 5 of the 8 PC races are the
same as Shadowrun: Human, Elf, Ork, Troll, Dwarf; the new races are
Obsidiman, T'skrang, and Windling.
More later.
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