| From: | TopCat <topcat@******.net> |
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| Subject: | RE: MAge discussion (WAS :Metamagic) |
| Date: | Thu, 16 May 1996 00:22:29 -0500 |
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>Patrick
I believe in team karma pool only because GMs make me put my one point into
'em (which I still think is wrong). Karma awards are handed out in
different amounts to each player, between 1 and 8 depending on the
situations, and it's done that way because people deserve different amounts
of karma based on what they do. The team gets no karma aside from that
which it's members dump into the karma pool. The nastiest thing that ever
happened to a group was when TopCat retired along with two other characters.
What team karma pool?
TopCat didn't need team karma pool once in his days of me running him.
Vagabond needed it a few times, but the team gave it to me willingly because
I was the only one willing (and able) to work point. Brutal still hasn't
needed his own karma pool yet. Everyone in the team put in their one point
and that was it. Why? Because we didn't want to lose a ton of points
everytime a character left the group (by death or retirement) and we all had
decent pools anyway.
So I guess here's my answer, I believe in team karma pool because it's a
convention of the game and keeps the weak characters alive in times of need.
I do not believe in team karma, because awards should be on a per character
basis. If I pretty much single-handedly own a session through roleplaying
and dice rolling, then I should get teh lion-share of the karma. If I do
nothing but sit there the whole time, then I shouldn't get more than the
requisite point, no matter how well the run went for everyone else.
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