From:	"Dr. Bolthy von Schotz" <bolthy@**.com>
Subject:	Re: Metamagic/gaming philosophies
Date:	Thu, 9 May 1996 09:18:08 -0500 (CDT)

On Thu, 9 May 1996, Andre' Selmer wrote:

> <snip>
> @ > but our characters are *extremely* well-developed.
>
> Ditto with our characters. We've been playing from '49 to '54. To
> honest our characters dispite this are not terribly powerful. Yes in
> our specialities we throw quiet a few dice, but most of the
> characters (excluding the mages) have 15+ skills, my character has 28
> different skills ranging from 2-5, a couple at 6 and above. Many of
> these skills however are 'not useful' in a standard gaming session.
> Training 5, Vampire Lore 7, Wood Carving 5 come to mind instantly.
>

Sounds like my character... started out as a decker... and now I'm
working him towards street doc, mechanic, rigger, and talismonger. =)

He's got cool skills like "Tir Tairngire Hurling Trivia", "Musical
Instrument (Drums)", "Photography", etc. I think his skill take up over
a page, with two column allowing room for future concentrations. =)

> @ > I can't stand the "stats-on-a-page" school of gaming...
>
> @ If I don't know all the relevant details about my character then I don't have
>
> I've lost count of the number of games we've played in which we
> haven't used a single dice roll. Admittedly these many infomation
> gathering excepades, but occationally like the last one. We argued
> with a feathered Serpent for over 3 hours on good reasons not to kill
> us.
>
>

This sounds like Paradise Lost... =)

> @ > We've had long stretches of sessions where we did nothing but *gasp* talk,
> @
> @ > and it was great! The personality differences between the characters make
> @ > interactions very interesting... :)
>
> Personality differences are what makes our games interesting.
>

I dunno... after one gaming sesion we had two characters arguing about
which one of them was a robot. (This was after the SNL skit concerning
accident insurance against robot attacks. "They are known for stealing
old people's medication for use as fuel.")

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