| From: | Ralph and Ivy Ryan <sgmpaws@*******.COM> |
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| Subject: | Hi Everyone!! Answers to the questions |
| Date: | Mon, 22 Dec 1997 19:48:44 -0500 |
years, yeah, I moved out here to Ohio in 94, and it's taken me this long to
find the SR list again. Glad I'm back tho.
How to make your PCs use (burn) Karma Pool. Read the rulebook. It states
that the pool will refresh once the PCs get a chance to rest and relax.
Where are they going to do that on a run??? They do that at home once the
run is over of course.
Karma awards: To parphrase the book; take 1/10th of the award and round it
up and add it to karma pool, the other 9/10th is rounded up and put into
good karma. Also, karma is only awarded after the complete adventure is
over, not after every session.
Challanging the PCs? Easy! Send them to rescue a kidnapped scientist who
is being held in Jamaica by a squad working for Ares. The karma burning
started in Seattle and they didn't refresh their karma pool till the whole
thing was over. Thats why the huge karma pools. Of course, begining PCs
get into begining things. Sprawl Sites is full of ideas for begining
characters.
Last time I played I had a blast running a new (1 karma pool) street razor
delivering a box from the Reds to Council Isle. Disguise, stealth and
subterfuge got me through without using my karma point. 3 1/2 hours of
playing without a cap being busted or getting Lone Star upset.
Right now the oldest PCs are looking into Dunklezahn's death. The next
oldest PCs are dealing with the start of the mob/yak wars in Seattle. The
ones looking into Dunk's death haven't refreshed their karma pools for 2
sessions now, and probably won't for another three. I mean, their home is
in Tarislar and they're in DC. The younger group went home to Tarislar at
close of play tonight so they will start tomorrow with full karma pools.
And no, Dunk wasn't president in my world, he was there visiting Pres. KH
when he was "killed".
Realism: Yes. This is one of very few games in which a character can die
in one shot. Also the only game in which experience really makes a
difference in the karma pool and the way it works.
Re: Shapechangers? Still haven't seen anyone who has an animal's mindset.
Striper ain't what it'd be like either.
Vampires: The game rules state that Vamps have to eat essense. The player
couldn't handle that, she wanted to be a "good gal" and live on blood alone
(Like in Vamps the Masqurade) and I didn't let her. So the vampire
experiment ended.
Spirits at Force 10+? Seems crazy to me. My players tend to summon at
force 5 or so. Who needs a Great Spirit anyway? Same as with large
enchantments or more magic than the PC can shield. Spell locks, (initiate
shielded) are common but I like the addiction rule (Wherever it is...) and
my players know better than to advertise.
Anyhoo, I dig the game.
Ivy K.
