| From: | Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com |
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| Subject: | Just another ghoul question |
| Date: | Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:41:14 EDT |
iscottw@*****.nb.ca writes:
> Numero uno (easy one)
> It says that ghoul characters have the Blind Flaw. Now, reading the
> Blind Flaw, it states that "Cyber-replacement eyes cannot correct the
> Blind Flaw" (SRC3, p19). But, ghouls, it says, "use cybereyes to
> overcome this problem" (SRC3, p33). So, go by the Flaw, and cybereyes
> have no effect, or go by the rest of the material, including Bug City
> (and maybe T:UCAS, haven't read it), and rule that blind ghouls with
> cybereyes have their vision restored?
Actually, there is a considerable bit of information that is missing here.
First Generation ghouls *do* have this option. Second Generation ghouls
(those born from Ghoul Parents...what a thought...imagine surviving a random
hunger pang ;-) however are genetically bred into blindness, and as such,
cybereyes would have no effect.
Please note, I could be misinterpreting the information in the books you were
mentioning, but it is something to consider nonetheless.
> Numero dos (my first attempt at an as-far-as-I-know-it's-original House
Rule)
> Ghouls have to roll on a table (p 33) to determine the effects of the
> viral infection...this is the only random bit of character creation in
> Shadowrun, and no sir, I don't like it. So, to make it a matter of
> choice, I propose the following: instead of rolling on the Body scale,
> one must purchase the level one wants with building points.
> Standard functional ghoul costs 10 points, just like the book says.
> +1 to Willpower costs 14 points. -1 Charisma (personality mostly
> intact) costs 8 points, -1 to Intelligence and Charisma (some semblance
> of personality left) costs 6 points (I might not allow this option as a
> GM). I definitely wouldn't allow the lowest option, where the
> personality is little more than an animal (that's a Critter, not a PC).
>
> I'd welcome criticism on this...are the point values to high, low,
> stupid? And, a major problem I see right away is, how does Body figure
> into it (as it does in the by-the-book rules)? I can't see a way to do
> it..maybe make higher Body characters pay less points for each option,
> lower Body pay more? That's just changing what you spend points on
> though...frustrating.
> Anyway, I'm ready for input! C'mon, you House Rule junkies :)
With regards to this last suggestion, I believe you are making the character
creation a tad bit too difficult. Sure, it may work and create the effect
that you may be searching for, but it may later on be discovered that you
gave up a much needed skill or set of skills or something similar.
-K
