(TFT) disbelief by Demi-god

["David Michael Grouchy II" <david_michael_grouchy_ii@hotmail.com>]

John Paul,
   I've been thinking about the whole Low IQ vs. Illusion thing.  
Particularly in light of the Demi-god situation.  The first thing I could 
come up with, after considering it a while, is Zombies are immune to 
illusion.  But, they also have a zero IQ.  I particularly like the point 
made about Demi-gods being able to disbelieve easily because they are 
disbelieving illusions of things they really made.
   I don't have any more insight to the matter than that.  I do view the 
low IQ (1-6) as representeng their innocence to the ways of the world that 
man has created.  What I wanted the IQ 1-6 spells and talents to represent 
were abilities that could be gained in the world of man if the Demi-gods are 
slain.  And, conversely, to imply that if a Demi-god ever got to IQ 7 then 
all basic weapon talents would be lost to the world.  They would become the 
domain of the divine.
   Personally I think it is radical enough that divine creatures with low 
IQ is an understandable concept.  One that goes against what one would 
normally expect to find in a RPG.  But, that the evidence supports this 
unexpected conclusion.  That's all.

To All,
   On another note.  I really don't expect anything to come of this, but I 
have been asked in the past by various friends and associates "Is there 
anything I can do to help?"  People have  generously offered to make huge 
lists of talents and abilities.  I never really felt I could bring them 
on-board.  I hadn't figured out how to explain what I wanted to do with the 
talent lists.
   They would invariable do something like this; Katana ST required 12, 
does 2D+1.  Then I would feel bad when I pointed out that Katana is already 
listed under braudsword, and that it only does 2D.  That or they would 
introduce things that would throw the system out of balance.
   Like I said, I don't really expect anything to come of this, but at 
least now I can say clearly what kind of help would be usefull to me.  Some 
specific interpretations of the low IQ spells as IQ 15 talents.  And the 
same with some low IQ talents as IQ 21 spells.  Ones that are moving in the 
direction of a Sci-fi and a Magic-rich campaign respectively.

Michael Taylor,
   You asked earlier if there was some way you could add in talents to the 
character sheet program.  You said that it would be more usefull to you in 
your campiagn that way.  I heard you.  I am outlining a standard format for 
the talent list now.
   I'll e-mail you off list when its read.  I estimate a couple of weeks.  
I want to test my reader on it first.  Make sure it parses smoothly.  And 
that the defaults kick in correctly, so you don't have write too much data 
to make any one talent different than the next.

   David Michael Grouchy II


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