| From: | Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | [OT] Earthdawn help. |
| Date: | Sat, 10 Jul 1999 01:13:33 EDT |
sommers@*****.umich.edu writes:
> >Actually, the rating of the quest doesn't have to be very intensive at all.
> >Information is all nice and wonderful, but would really be of little good
> >given the fact that *most* of the 4th Age Enchanters are way beyond
> >deceased....
>
> Why would that matter? The way I understood ED items to work is that you
> needed information about the item at each level to activate these powers.
> It wouldn't matter how long ago the person who made it was dead, just that
> you got the information. Find a few spirits that remember that long ago
and
> you're set. The problem being, spirits that old are very reclusive and
very
> powerful.
True to the vast amount of degree ... however, the game mechanics are just
pure mechanics in SR. For all we know, and you could view it this way,
"Staged Bonding" could be easily configured into an SR campaign (consider the
staged progression of Toxic Potency in Toxic Shamans for instance).
Personally, we've been using Staged Bonding of some of the more special kinds
of items for years now. It gives a level of returns and keeps players
diverted somewhat from focusing all of their karmic rewards into a singular
task.
> >Ah hell, those are just the obvious ones. The Ordo Maximus, Black Lodge,
> >Winternight and Illuminates of the New Dawn would be VASTLY more
> entertaining
> >IMO.
>
> Of course they would be more interesting than the ones I mentioned. But
you
> would never see most of the groups that you mentioned coming...
True, but that is what makes them so much more interesting....
-K
