From:	"Mark Steedman" <M.J.Steedman@***.rgu.ac.uk>
Subject:	Re: Power Gaming in general (WAS: Quickened Spells and Horr
Date:	Tue, 14 May 1996 16:29:44 GMT

Robert Watkins writes
>
> Look at the other stuff I've said, Mike... Carrying a PAC is bad.
if silly enough to carry it where there are cops or gnagers, very bad.

> Getting
> one is hard. Getting a Force 10 mana bolt should be about as easy as
> getting a pistol-sized weapon that can do the damage of a PAC.
try spell learn 10 days per go target number 20!
ok i think some folks were on 6+expendable plus exclusive, well that
means you cannot cast it while sustaining invis etc (you have an int
based limit to active foci you know!) and you cannot use it at all if
you run out of fetishes or someone steals them / takes them off you
becasue you got arrested / while your on plane to stop you using them
etc.

> Availability should play off against ease-of-use.
Tends to, thats why i like stun magic and tasers. Both are non
lethal (most of the time - i have seen wrap around perm kills with
both both not intended) stun magic has 1 less drain target number
tasers attract less cop attention than bullets and both leave the
target in 'drag away to interrogate/mindprobe' rather than 'lose'
condition.

>
> No, if a mage in my game starts tossing out spells in public, 3 or 4
> mages, PLUS 2 Fast Response Teams turn up. If the mage gets away,
> forensics gets hold of the spell signature, etc, etc.
>
A very good reason to control force, (magic rating - force)*2 to
spot, i have been known to have a character downcast a manabolt all
the way to force 1 to take advantage of that. Crowed bars are a pain
especially when the sleep spell solutions right out because the
crowds all around, your team and the folks you are helping are in the
way.

> (Oh, and at one point, I _did_ change the subject line... someone lost
> it, I think)
About time someone changed it! the wonders of topic drift.

> BTW, this particular side-step started when I bitched about a character
> in one of my former games who liked to tote his LMG everywhere. I called
> that munchkinous. This topic started (again). I still think I was right.
>
How many lone stars did he attract ?

Mark