From:	John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Force Points for Initiation (was: The Chromium Mage)
Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 1997 22:10:45 EDT

On Wed, 30 Jul 1997 18:17:08 -0500 "Wendy Wanders, Subject 117"
<KGGEWEHR@******.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU> writes:

>> I'm vehemently against any sort of gradual initiation rules, because
>it
>> ENCOURAGES people to initiate more than they would otherwise.
>
>I *really* don't follow the logic behind that, sorry. :/
>Could you explain what you mean?


What Lady J was saying is that by making Initiation a gradual thing, a
player is more likely to have their character initiate to higher grades
than they would otherwise have bothered with, simply so that they can get
all the metamagical abilities they want/need.

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