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From: Slipspeed atreloar@*********.com
Subject: Class, turn over your papers and begin.
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 02:20:59 +1000
>1) Karma Pool. Is there a point where a PC gets too big a
>pool to handle? I.E. they're always succeeding at tasks
>that should be reasonably tough (TN 9-12). If so, how do
>you deal with it?


Yes. Above 20 and players usually succeed at tasks they want to do, getting
at least one success. Above 30 and the players pretty much do anything.
That I've experienced, anyway.

>2) Karma Pool Again. Do you follow the rule that meta-
>humans gain karma pool at half the rate as humans? If so,
>do they start out with 2 karma pool, as in 2nd Ed.?


I can't remember... Too long since I played, let alone played a metahuman.

>3) More Pooling Around. Do you even use the pool? I
>know one group (probably more) that don't; instead they
>burn good karma to do the same things as the pool would.


We use the pool.

>4) Just Plain Karma. How much do you typically give
>out for runs that you make up (I recently bought Eye-
>Witness and Double Exposure. The karma awards are
>way out of line with what the GM section says you
>should get)?


We get about 7 per adventure IIRC (ie game... if it runs over multiple
weeks, we get 7 per game) base. Add in brilliant roleplaying bonuses,
bribing the GM bonuses etc... :) All by the GMing rules. It can add up to
121 or 13 if you've done brilliantly.

>5) Karma Fer Sale. Do you use the Cash for Karma
>rule, and vice versa? If so, what do you use as the cost?
>The "upscale campaign" example the SRC uses is kinda
>crazy...1 point for 1000 nuyen...


I don't think we do, no.

>7) Ghouls. A while back, I posted a bunch of questions
>about ghouls. One was never really answered, and maybe
>someone with T:UCAS could help me out. What happens
>with a ghoul PC and cyberware? What's the deal?


Don't ghouls regenerate? If they do, no cyberware, period. If they don't,
I suppose it's possible.

>8) Canada. Without looking at reference material, I.E.
>anything at all, who's the current leader of our country,
>and what's his title (don't cheat...this is a public awareness
>poll...and no, I haven't a clue who the Australian Prime
>Minister is)?


Canada is either part of UCAS, or split up into Native American Nations.
(See NAN #2)

>9) Dice. How many dice do you usually take to a gaming
>session? And do you take those multi-sided AD&D dice,
>even though you know you won't need them?


As many as possible. And yes, I take the AD&D ones too, because it's easier
than taking them out.

>And now, the tenth question on our poll...
>
>10) If you were covered in bugs, what kind of vegetable
>would you be?


Err... I'd rather be a squishy ball. :)

Slipspeed

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