From:	Jordan findlerman@*****.com
Subject:	Class, turn over your papers and begin.
Date:	Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:29:05 -0800 (PST)

Heh.

> 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?

If they do not volunteer them as NPC's, I either
1. Make them do it anyways,
2. Put an equivalent as a magician's gaeas on them, and let's not
forget my favorite Evil GM Tool, Flaws!
*play evil_gm_laugh.wav*

> 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.?

Well....i am biased. I happen to think that metas are cool, so no.
But I also fudge the rules for them.

> 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.

Oh, yeah. I think that it shows things like providence, or the great
spirits rewarding you for good deeds. Note: I also penalize (in
terms of karma) players who kill unneccasarily and other 'bad things.'
At least when the best that they can come up with as justification
is: "Well, my character is a psychopathic killer" Unfair of me?
Sure. But I am the GM and don't like those characters in my game.
*shrug* Sorry. Got a little off subject there :)

> 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)?

Hmmm...I like keeping the players happy, and, as long as they use
them ok, am very generous with Karma. If they made GMing hell prolly
1. If it was part of their character and I deserved to have to deal
with the hell? 4. Average? 3-6, depending on the challenge.
If they did an exceptional job on a run, reguardless of danger? 7. If
they did a job worth a 7 and also made sacrifices out of the 'good
ness of their heart,' or, to follow with their mercenary code? 8-9.
A bit high? Mebbe, but if we're all having fun, who cares?

> 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...

Yeah, but because of the unbalance that this provides, i modified the
tables as follows:
10,000¥ = 1 point (I give em enough anyways.)
1 point = 500¥ - 1000¥ depending on why they think they need it, and
how they think that this money is going to just appear.

> 6) Mmm....foooood..... What should I have for dinner
> tonight? I was thinking of a Stroganoff type meal, with
> broccoli, but I'm quite a bad cook.

Naw...go to Taco Hell (tm). Make a run for the Border, baby.

> 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?

In the archive, i beleive that there is a submission on Player
Vampires. It deals with Cyber in HMHVV victims. I am not sure if the
Ghoul strain would work the same way or not...up to you.

> 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)?

Haeffner followed the Big D, but that is in 2060....were you talking
about right now? If so, not a clue. Prime Minister is his title, if
I am not mistaken.

> 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?

I carry about 20d6 of various types. I keep the rest with me, even if
I only plan on playing SR. D10s come in handy for those
percentages...and yes...the rest of my dice stay...too much of a
hassel to remove them.

> 10) If you were covered in bugs, what kind of vegetable
> would you be?


Well....I hate bugs. No, I mean, I really fvckin HATE bugs. So, I'd
have to be sometin really HOT. Like a habinerro (sp). If I'm going
down, I'm takin em wit me!


--Fin

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