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Re: (TFT) Fatigue: A Discussion - Part 1
From: "Home" <davidar@direcway.com>
we have soaked this concept a good bit of playtesting, but
only with humans. if anyone has suggestions for other races,
please do so.
David,
One suggestion for other races comes to mind for the Humanoid races, and
their starting POW attribute. Hobbits start with ST 4, and extra points.
Giants start with ST 25 and no extra points. The Mac-Daddy starting wizard
is a Reptile Man with ST 14, and 8 extra points. This is because the Giant
has a maximum IQ of 10.
On the surface it would seem that the starting POW of each race should
be equal to its starting ST. This makes the use of POW more consistent with
how TFT already works. But knowing how POW works in Runequest, particularly
the contest of power and sacrificing a point of POW for a rune-ability, this
method gives unusual advantages to the Giant, and overly weakens the hobbit
in comparison.
When one starts looking at the monsters it gets worse. A dragon with
POW 100 would be a terror. The ogres are just as bad as the Giants. And an
Octopi with ST 20 would start out as a rune-preist. May I suggest the
following formula.
Starting POW = ( starting ST / HEX size ) + walking MA / 2
Examples starting POW
Man 9
Elf 10
Hobbit 7
Giant 9
Gargoyle 12
Reptile Man 12
1-hex Dragon 9
14-hex Dragon 8
Ogre 9
Octopi 14
Of course, I don't know how much of the Rune Quest tradition you are
using with the POW rules. And also I highly recommend the superscrip
variant that has been posted.
David Michael Grouchy II
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