From:	Lady Jestyr <jestyr@*******.DIALIX.COM.AU>
Subject:	Re: Force Points for Initiation (was: The Chromium Mage)
Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 1997 13:19:51 +1000

> Yeah, and what I don't understand is why that might be a problem... What's the
> difference in having those other abilities gained after several grades rather
> than at the first? Gaining all five metamagic abilities at Grade 0 never made
> any sense to me, I think gradual initiation makes it more like skill gains, it
> takes time to develop. YMMV I was just curious as to what about gradual
> initiation bugger her so much.

Because unless you limit shielding dice and magic point increases as
well, with gradual initiation, by the time the character gets to the
level of metamagic they want they'll have grotesque amounts of shielding
dice and similar magic ratings...

Lady Jestyr

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