| From: | vocenoctum@****.com vocenoctum@****.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Priorities in the SR2/SR3 |
| Date: | Sun, 26 Sep 1999 12:29:55 -0400 |
> While reading through my just-purchased SR3, I noticed that Dwarves
> and
> Trolls get an unfair advantage in their priorities. In the SRII, all
> metahumans' modifications were +3 when added up. I felt that this
> reflected the cost of being a Metahuman, as opposed to a human.
> However,
> when you add up the dwarves, for example,
> (+1(Body)+2(Strength)+1(Willpower)) you get +4. Same with Trolls.
> The -1
> for dwarves came from -1 Quickness, and the -1 for Trolls came from
> -1
> Willpower. Why did FASA do this? The dwarven one sure made sense. Or
> is
> this a misprint (the book says Corrected 5th Edition (6th printint))
> that
> is fixed in an errata?
>
Trolls actually get even more if you think about it, what with reach
bonus and dermal armor.
Dwarves, with the running multiplier and the resist to disease, are not
as unbalanced, but keep something else in mind;
if you are none magic, you can be a dwarf for free, with no penalties.
(Setting magic to E and race to D)
That, I do find a trifle unbalanced.
I was thinking (a long time back) of a system of priority costs based ont
eh race, something like (A=troll, B=ork, C=Dwarf, D=Elf)
and scaling back or forward the bonuses to reflect the new cost, but
then I figured there'd be even MORE elves in the game <sigh>
Vocenoctum
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