From:	Jonathan Andrews <jmandrews@*******.EDU>
Subject:	Re: SR1 vs. SR2
Date:	Mon, 11 May 1998 10:14:55 -0500

On Sun, 10 May 1998, MC23 wrote:

> >I don't know. I strike a balance by only awarding into KP if they make
> >10 or more points of good karma--the BBlkB says 10%. So they have to make
> >a _really_ good run to get any KP at all. ('cause I _never_ give more than
> >8 pts of karma... seldom that, 'cept for extreme character development.)
>
> It's Karma earned not just earned at one time. While what you do is a
> good check on Karma Pool awards you might as well have Karma Pool awards
> a separate thing entirely from Good Karma. Of course then you lose any
> sense of comparative balance as characters are rewarded for two separate
> categories. I still say it's better to trash the whole thing and go back
> to first edition rules.
>

Well, yeah, I see what you mean (and am inclined towards it myself if I
think about it too hard). The way I see it, though, Karma Pool should
reflect something _really_ major in the character's life. A free reroll
is NOT something my characters come by naturally; they have to fight
_bigtime_ for it. And so, when they go off and save the universe or
something, then the universe breaks down and says, "Well, sure. Why not?
He's earned it." IMHO, just peeling off the top of cumulative karma awards
is a bit unrealistic and more than a little unbalancing. And *since* the
rules per se are a little ambiguous on the matter--they never SAY you have
to take it cumulatively, I figure it's "close enough".

The whole world would agree with me if they really thought about
it,

Jonathan Andrews