| From: | Damion Milliken <adm82@***.EDU.AU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Optional Character creation system |
| Date: | Wed, 9 Aug 1995 18:31:38 +1000 |
> Funny you should ask, 'cause I ask my old GM the same thing. He told me
> Elfs are worth more because out of all the metahuman races they are
> precjudiced against less by humans. Although Trolls and Ork are prejudiced
> a lot by
> humans and elves they get better skill bonuses. Dwarfs because they are
> small are prejudiced against most often, plus their bonuses aren't all that
> great. Does it make any sense.
Too a degree. But I don't really agree myself. All metahumans, as Rat often
tells us, have an overall bonus of +3 Attribute points. Obviously the
difference is _where_ these points are allocated on each particular
metahuman, but this kind of argument is completely circumstantial. In a
combat intensive game, Trolls are going to be better because of their huge
physical stats (and this is a vast overgeneralisation). In a magic intensive
game, Elves and Dwarfs are by far superior. In different kinds of
circumstances in each style of game each metahuman will find his or her self
suited perfectly. There's no 'better' or 'worse' metahuman to choose, it's
all subjective and circumstantial. In a game where the racist side of
society is played up, nobody'd want to play a Troll, but in a game where
this is less of an issue, then there's no problem. I say they're all pretty
much equivalent myself.
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Damion Milliken University of Wollongong E-mail: adm82@***.edu.au
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