From:	Tim Cooper <z-i-m@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: SHADOWRUN, 3rd EDITION!
Date:	Fri, 4 Jul 1997 18:54:08 EDT

On Fri, 4 Jul 1997 11:56:46 -0500 Barbie <barbie@**********.COM> writes:
>At 03-Jul-97 wrote Tim Cooper:
>
>
>>Eh?
>>Wouldn't it be easier if it was expressed as:
>>(all the decimal numbers multiplied together) x (height in inches)^3
>
>>..and even then where'd that formula come from?
>
>Sure it would be simpler, but I never used it that way. So I posted it
the way I had it in mind.
>And the formula come from the Rolemaster Compainion I back in the late
eighties.
>They had a similiar problem then.
>The whole section is about one page of weight/mass/race stuff very
interresting.

Ahhhh... thank you.
I've always wondered why Rolemaster got such a bad rap about being overly
complex or something, and now I understand. :)

~Tim (still not understanding WHY anyone wouldn't simplify formula...)