From:	Gary Carroll <gary@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Character creation (no, not another new system)
Date:	Fri, 30 Jun 1995 13:19:53 -0700

>> Yet, you believe that you can in te rules? Game mechanic wise yes, but
>> if any gm gives you the amount of karma to raise your
intellience from 1 to
>> 6 in two months (game or real), it is the gm's fault for munchkins.

> Marc replies:
> Aaaaaarrrrghgh! No, I don't. I think that you should
*never* be
>able to raise a single stat more than once.

> [stuff about too much karma being awarded]

> Bravo. I couldn't agree more (by the way, my 'two months' time
>frame for getting the karma necessary was from someone else's post). I
>just put my runners through the meat grinder for three tough, paranoia
>filled weeks (game time). They faced extremely dangerous foes &
>situations, and the total karma allotted was a whopping 11. I think
>that's the most I've ever given. usually, it's *much* lower than
>that, but this was a special case. But by and large, they earned it.

11 karma is a decent karma alotment. My average is about 3-7
karma for a difficult run and 1-3 for a fairly easy run. I had one
very tough run that was 6 sessions (6+hours per session) where I
alotted from 14-18 karma. (Universal Brotherhood + 3 side runs &
random gang incedents) *I killed one and nearly maimed 2 others*

I guess I have never had to worry about characters raising stats too
fast to worry about it yet.

Thanks
Gary C.