From:	Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject:	M&M conversion( was Re: SR Future Products and Such)
Date:	Mon, 16 Aug 1999 12:00:59 EDT

In a message dated 8/15/1999 5:24:07 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
strago@***.com writes:

> IMO, bioware is just one avenue that makes munchkinism rampant. The
> other
> one, and the more dangerous one according to the new rules, is magic. One
of
> my
> players tried to pass this off to me. I don't have the spells off for your
> perusal, just the concepts. The scariest part is that he VOLUNTARILY
> increased
> the Drain Level by one damage code because it was Light!

And your point is???

> He first started with a spell lock made into a metal cylinder about .3
> meters
> long and with a diameter of 3.5 cm. When it was activated, it would create
a
> cylinder of light about 1 meter long and 3.5 cm wide. It was magnetically
> sealed
> to repel metals, and it cut like a laser. A LIGHTSABER!

<very strange, very harsh, growling noises....>

> Then it got even more wrong. He created a quickened spell which was a
> combination manipulation/detection spell. It would detect to somewhere
sick
> like
> 300m any intent to harm him with a gun. It would CALCULATE (!) the place
the
> bullet would come from, and then move the lightsaber in front of it.

More than a bit extreme, I admit.

> This player is a munchkin. He always plays magically active
characters.
> Go
> figure.

Okay, here's figuring for you.

The player wanted a character based upon a rather popular piece of fiction.
He attempted to create the basis for that fiction within the SR Universe.
And, from the sounds of it, he really *tried* to stay within the rules
(adding a drain level due to elemental inclusion of a manipulation spell is
per the rules).

IF you didn't like what he was doing, you could have simply said so. Until
you got to the "Warp-Speed Charged-UP Combat Sense" spell, he were doing just
fine. Hell, there are MANY GM's out there who wish their players would go
into good, role-play building, detail like that (HI MAELWYS!!).

He's not a munchkin...not by a long shot. He would begin the road to
munchkinism if he wanted to reverse engineer magic fingers and then build a
stronger, higher drained version, that did FAR more impressive
levitation...(say, like a 75 ton X-Wing model I can think of)....

-K