From:	"Andre' Selmer" <031ANDRE@******.wits.ac.za>
Subject:	Athletics (again)
Date:	Tue, 17 Sep 1996 11:42:33 GMT + 2:00

I remember that recently there was a debate reguarding the skills
Athletics and the fact that it was to broad...blah blah blah..

To cut a long story we agreed, but unless I missed something
(entirely possible) there was no conclusion. Still to throw my 2
cents in, recently my group adopted a new approach, we have yet to
see how it functions but seems plausible.

First of all the skill Athletics refers only to your endurence.
We found it a bit silly that strengh was a definition of your
fitness. All skills where possible are automatically defaulted to the
appropriate stat. Running = Quickness, Weight Lifting = Strenght etc
etc. The Athletic skill indicates the duration at which you can
continue at the task (same T# as previously).

All the gymnastic options such etc are placed in a skill
Gymnastics.

Each of the skills that are left in athletics can only be taken
at concentration or specilization (have to start at 0 for new
characters). If the character has a skill in athletics that is lower
than that of the skill that he is using then the character can use
that skill for the endurence as well.

eg Olymipic Ollie has Athletics 6, he has a concentration of
running 6 (bought seperately) and a specialiation in cross country 7
(also brought seperately). If performing a 1,000 meter track dash
Ollie would use his Running skill to determine his speed and
duration. However the following week Ollie has to jog several
kilometer along a road. For this he uses his athletics, but if the
jog had been accross the country he would use is cross country skill.


We are toying with the idea that your skills such as
gymastics and running cannot exceed 1.5 your quickness rating,
likewise athletics cannot exceed your combined strenght and body
ratings (natural). But that is still being thrashed out.

Andre'

-- We exist because you want us to, because you are
|__|__ afraid to face the facts. We are what you fear
/\ /\ \ in the deep recesses of your soul, yourselves.
|\ /\ /| | It is there in the shadows of your soul and those
|/ \/ \| | of the street that we exist. Through the use of
\/__\/ might, magic, cunning, blood, sweat and tears we
protect you from your fears, from youselves, from
others and keep your utopia, not ours, intact.