RE: (TFT) Monsters --> Prootwaddle IQ.

["rsmith" <rsmith@lightspeed.ca>]

Hi David,
	Prootwaddles are the race that tests the rule.
If you are going to use prootwaddles the IQ 6
(handicaps) talents are a must.

	Actually I like your statement that in a fantasy
game, IQ 6 mammals (smart horses, etc.) ARE smart
enough to talk.  They just need the tongues spell so
that they can form the words.


	What are peoples feelings on prootwaddles?  It
seems to me they are only of use if you want to have
the mean spirited fun of picking on the mentally
handicapped.  (I wonder what Steve Jackson was thinking
when he made prootwaddles?  Was he copying the humorous
duck race from RQ?)
	On the other hand, a friend ran a TFT campaign
where a politician to get elected gave prootwaddles the
vote.  The PC's wanted to get elected and were running
around trying to buy the votes on the prootwaddle
reservation.  It was a hoot, making more fun of the PC's
and the seamier side of democracy, than the proots.
	(What is the definition of an honest prootwaddle
politician? One who remembers he was bought.)


	Prootwaddles are a waste of space in my
opinion.  With TFT having so little space for monsters,
I would have preferred the space be spent on things to
kill.

	Rick



-----Original Message-----
From: tft-owner@brainiac.com [mailto:tft-owner@brainiac.com]On Behalf Of
David Michael Grouchy II
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 7:49 AM
To: tft@brainiac.com
Subject: Re: (TFT) Monsters


>Stan wrote...
>
>Really I don't quibble with your table at all, it's the IQ
>rating of apes that I have a problem with.

   I have run into a similar problem with prootwaddles.  They are IQ 6 and
yet they speak languages.  In fact, since there are no IQ 6 talents or
spells pretty much all they can learn is languages.  Comic as they are, they
seem to all be multi-lingual in my campaign.
   What the heck, It's a fantasy game.  With prootwaddles as a premise, IQ 6
creatures can talk.  This includes dogs and horses.  Much to the amusement
of my players.  For a more realistic approach I would have to agree with
Stan.  A sharp IQ 7 limit would be the place to put it.  Bring Apes down to
6 and proots up to 7.

   David Michael Grouchy II


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