From:	Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Jumping, Climbing, & Swimming
Date:	Wed, 16 Mar 1994 10:42:25 -0500

>>>>> "LK" == Luke Kendall <luke@********.canon.oz.au>
writes:

>> An ``olympian'' is a person with an 8 in the appropriate primary
>> attribute and a 6 in the appropriate secondary attribute, and an 8 in
>> the appropriate skill.
LK> By Olympian, you mean a (present day) world record holder type?

Yes.

LK> In which case, since human racial maximum is 6, you can't have 8 for
LK> the primary attribute - they'd fail the drug tests! :-)

Really. My rulebook says that certain NPCs can exceed the racial maximums.
I'd definitely categorize an Olympic athelete as ``certain NPCs'' :).

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