Re: (TFT) Re: Talents

[Pasha and or Rick Smith <pnrsmith@istar.ca>]

	Hi Jim,

> >         Basically the higher the level of the campaign
> > the stronger the desire to get more memory.  Beginning
> > heros are supposed to have a limited number of talents,
> > and the steep costs feel ok.  But the longer the campaign
> > goes on, the more you wish that your hero could pick up
> > SOMETHING new.
>
>??? Going to 33 or 34 points is a big deal! Dex or talents, etc. Just
>don't spoil them ahead of time ;)
> 

	I was talking here about high level campaigns. It 
does not take very long, to go from 32 to 33 attributes.  
However when you are 53 attributes it takes a very long
time to go to 54.  Do you really want the people to have to 
wait 2 or 3 attributes to pick up one 2 or 3 point talent? 


> >         In summary, the single most common change
> > to the TFT rules I've seen, is various ways to give
> > experienced figures more memory.  Thus my suggestion
> > that if there was a single change to TFT, it is that the
> > memory cost of most talents is reduced.
>
>And IMHO the least desirable change to the rules that can be made. GURPS
>went this route, I think it made the characters very bland. My players
>and I tried it and went back to TFT.

	In my opinion, the problem with GURPS is
that it had too many 'small' talents.  Also a high IQ figure
could become very capable in all the IQ based talents for
1/2 a point each.  I've been running my TFT campaign for
more than 20 years, and these 'GURPS like' problems
have not arisen. 


>Jim Eckman
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	Thanks for your post, Rick

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