| From: | Joe Block <JPB1@******.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | More beginning stuff |
| Date: | Sat, 21 Aug 1993 01:37:24 -0400 |
Me> SR campaign is upset because I won't
Me> >>let him create his samurai with
Me> alpha/beta ware or Bioware. He thinks I'm
Me> >>being unreasonable. I think that he
Me> should have to find that sort of thing
Me> >>(and the black clinic to install it) as
Me> part of the roleplaying aspect of >>the
Me> campaign.
Jason> These are not unreasonable rules assuming
Jason> all the players are using starting
Jason> characters. The alpha/beta rule is
Jason> completely reasonable. The bioware rule
Jason> doesn't make a whole lot of sense if the
Jason> game starts in 2054 since bioware is
Jason> readily (for shadowrunners anyway)
Jason> available. But if that's the way the GM
Jason> and the players like it, it should stand.
The Bioware rule is in there because I don't own Shadowtech (yet). Until I
get a chance to read it over, I don't want it in my campaign. Probably I'll
end up allowing it if its that common.
Me> >>He wasn't thrilled when I told him that
Me> any mage wanting spells at higher >>than
Me> force 3 has to have magical theory.
Me> Another one of my house rules is >>that
Me> spell formulas aren't normally sold at
Me> higher than force 3 - mages >>wanting to
Me> go higher than that will have to create
Me> the formula themselves or >>persuade
Me> someone who already has to part with
Me> theirs. Seemed like a good >>way to suck
Me> off the magicians time and money while
Me> the deckers build new >>decks and the
Me> samurai are getting their cyberware
Me> upgraded.
Jason> This doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Jason> You don't have to have magic theory to
Jason> learn spells. Now it's completely
Jason> reasonable for you to look at the PC mage
Jason> and say, nice but you need to have some
Jason> magical theory, but it should not need to
Jason> be written into a rule. As GM you have a
Jason> say so on how the players design their
Jason> characters. Just say all magicians must
Jason> have magic theory.
They can have spells without magic theory, just not start with one at a
force higher than 3. Once the game starts, they can learn spells at a
higher force, if they can find a formula.
Jason> As for spell formula ratings, instead of
Jason> saying they are only sold are force 3 ,
Jason> make the cost equal to the the drain code
Jason> price (in SRII) times the force whic h it
Jason> is written at. That allows the player to
Jason> buy them at whatever force he wants, but
Jason> forces him to pay for it.
I just don't want to establish a precedent of making spells available
through easy purchase at higher than force 3. "I go down to the local Spelz
-R-Us and buy Fireball-7 with my cut of the payoff." I will probably use
your suggestion for calculating the base price, though they'll have to
negotiate.
More later, but I gotta run now.
Joe <jpb1@******.com>
"My Behaviour is Addictive Functioning in a Disease Process of Toxic
Co-dependency! I need holistic healing and Wellness before I'll accept
responsibility for my actions!" --Calvin
