(TFT) Re: 1 in 300 are Wizards , plus some "lethality notes"

["Alan Resmondo" <resmondo@msn.com>]

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> ..incidentally....the 1 in 300 aptitude for wizardry is (unlike other 
> things
> in TFT) a bit arbitrary, has anyone elaborated on criteria for this?
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Hello All,

I was trying to come up with a good analogy....  Most of the Wizards are the 
stay in town, 8 hours a day, working at the local guild or in their basement 
They eat their meals at home and they are sporting a few extra pounds at the 
waist line.


According to the Dept. of Labor, 1 of 363 Americans over age 16 are 
doctors/surgens.

How many enjoy spelunking?  Fencing?  I don't know.  For adventure, the 
group Doctors Without Borders stated they had 130 volunteers last year.  And 
many of those are from overseas, and some are nurses.

The player character is not the average Joe..., he is an Olympic class 
athlete with a sharp weapon.

There are a lot of pilots, but not many stunt pilots or test pilots.


I ran a campaign for about ten years. When a character was killed I took the 
sheet from the player, scribbled a quick note about what happened to 
him/her, and threw it into my "dead file".   I used the file for instant NPC 
types when I was in a hurry.

Tonight I pulled out a half inch stack and made a quick count.  154 
characters, 114 were humans, 9% were wizards.  Thirty were killed as 32 
point characters, ten more before 36 points were reached.

I will make a "census" style spread sheet and post the results if anyone is 
that interested.


Alan Resmondo

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