Re: (TFT) Risqué Talents from Interplay #8

[Rick Smith <rsmith@lightspeed.ca>]

I agree with everything you have said Neil, but
Appearance is a 'personality facet' which is 
rolled on a 2d6.  See page 7 of ITL middle of
page.  It is not an attribute that can be 
bought up with experience.

Rick

On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 23:04 -0400, raito@raito.com wrote:
> I also dislike them. 
> 
> First off, I don't like the idea of some characters having yet another 
> attribute. 
> 
> Second, I don't usually like Talents that incorporate existing Talents. 
> Want to be a Madam? Fine, get Sex Appeal, Charisma, Business Sense, 
> Courtly Graces. Want to beguile others? New Followers. Etc. 
> 
> Really, all that's needed are a couple new jobs on the table if you 
> want this sort of thing in your game. 
> 
> But as for whether the higher ones are balanced, consider that someone 
> with the Houri Talent dumped 12 attribute points into appearance, and 
> has to have a 14 IQ, and has to spend 7 of those just to get the 
> Talent. That's an awful lot. Still doesn't make up for no save on some 
> of the things they can do, though, and nothing short of magic should be 
> able to force a PC to fight to the death. 
> 
> Neil Gilmore
> raito@raito.com
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