| From: | Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: MY Take (Binder's Look on Enchanting) |
| Date: | Wed, 13 May 1998 08:26:03 EDT |
mc23@**********.COM writes:
> Just the beginning? If such an adept were to exist (until I see
> FASA's rules it's just rumor) then it would just enchant, period. They
> wouldn't particularly make great PC's and you shouldn't have to go and
> give them special powers so they can be players. That's life. It's just
> like why Sasquatches aren't given PC stats, engaging in game activities
> (Shadowruns and the like) go against their basic pacifistic nature.
> Sasquatches aren't any more prone to go on a killing spree than deer are.
> In other words not everything is a valid player option, not because of
> game balance but because of practicality.
Practicality? Okay, I'll be nice this time. Exceptions are the Rule in all
accounts, and we all are aware of that fact.
> -K, your games tend to run High-end power game and your idea might
> mesh there, but I think you'll find it overpowered for general use.
Actually, what have I listed to this point about an "Enchanter Adept" that so
overpowering? Not a damn thing a full magician couldn't do anyway. That is
why I kept putting in the "what the GM will allow" commentary...
You know what a -good- enchanter is? He's the richest guy on the block,
that's who he is. He's the one guy who wouldn't have to work. He's the
"Bruce Wayne" type who wants to do something else with himself besides be a
cooped up fuddy duddy in a nice lifestyle that every major corporation and
government on earth wants to keep secure for their own purposes. He's the guy
with the skill that everyone wants to make -THEIRS-. He's the guy everyone
wants and hopes will create that "Potion of Youth" just for -THEM-. He's the
-Tangible- magician, the person who makes something that is -magical- and is
something that a -mundane- can put his/her physical hands upon. And in a
world where so much is becoming -Virtual- or -Metatypish-, it's the one bit of
-Reality- (being that which is touchable and perceivable to the collective all
instead of the selective few) that everyone has or wants in common.
Oh no, not rare, just special.
-K
