| From: | "Bruce H. Nagel" <NAGELBH@******.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Staging Codes and New Additions to SR3 |
| Date: | Fri, 4 Jul 1997 13:51:26 -0500 |
I don't really care if the game is a neency bit harder to learn, if it makes it
better. I managed to learn SR1 and run it without ever having seen it played
and with my only previous experience being AD&D... And SR2 was clarified and
simplified to encourage newer gamers, so it could be their first game, a trend
I don't like, and hope isn't carried further in 3rd Ed.
> Don't forget that most of the rule books would also
> now need an errata sheet for this new code. It sounds better as an
> optional rule (companion 2?) than core rule book.
What happened when SR2 came out? Major rules revisions, some of which really
improved the game:
* new rules for burst and autofire that really sped up play and made full-
auto weapons worth something
* completely new damage codes
* completely new drain codes
* new rules for attacking through foci, making mages a little more squeamish
about using them
*complete change in combat dice pools, elimination of Astral Pool
All these required people to adjust a lot, but most people seem to like 2nd Ed
a *lot* better than first...
> Don't forget that what we are actually talking about here is just a
> better version of 2nd edition brought up to date with VR 2.0 and RBB2.
> This is about updating the core rulebook and not the entire system. Most
> optional rules should be in supplements where they belong. I don't like
> seeing a main rule book littered with optional rules. It doesn't show
> much conviction from the designers and it doesn't make me feel good about
> running it. Leave the rules checklist to Rolemaster. Additional rules for
> realism that are optional does not bother me though as they do not
> contradict what was previously written.
I don't want just an 'update', if they're going to bother doing this, I'd like
to see a better system come out of it. Remember 2nd Ed AD&D? Few rules really
changed, I could have been playing with the old books. Why bother? Sorry, not
trying to sound preachy.
losthalo
