From:	"C. Paul Douglas" <granite@*****.NET>
Subject:	Re: Hm! Perhaps Allison isn't clueless.
Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 1994 14:22:29 -0400

On Tue, 12 Apr 1994, Brian W. Allison wrote:

> Well this is most gratifying... and I thought I was the only one who saw
> it as a "screw the magician"

I think of it less of a screw than as a balance..In normal play magical
characters can start off pretty darn fast and powerful..MANY other PCs
feel threatened and cheated by this power..so..If the things that make a
magic character powerful can be turned into something that can be a
hinderance then you get a sort of balance..It is like something I said to
one of the guys I game with.."It is like giving a PC an ALWAYS does damage
weapon..The PC using it can be having a grand time with it..but that
doesn't make it fair"
This sort of thing makes things more fair...Although usually a Player can
turn the rules to his advantave if only he uses his head..Afterall we all
create our own characters..There is no real good reason that a character
should turn out lame nomatter what it is...
-----------------------GRANITE