Power Levels (was Re: (TFT) Felmen)

[ErolB1@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/21/2003 9:54:58 PM Central Standard Time, 
johnnyboytmm@juno.com writes:

> As a player I played my share of reptile men and gargoyles in my
> youth.  (admit it, you were all munchkins once too)  Now I would be
> bored by starting a game that competent and hard to kill.  Half the
> fun of a 32 point character is that 3 farmers with clubs are a
> significant threat to you.  Deciding to enter a combat is not done
> lightly.  I would miss that tightness in my stomach when I face off
> with a hobgoblin in a dark alley if I started with 40 points, and
> stoney skin that stopped 3 hits.

Very different tastes, here. From my POV, the idea that 3 farmers with clubs 
are a significant threat to a 32 pt beginning PC is one of the great *flaws* 
in an otherwise near-perfect system. Half my house rules are aimed at fixing 
this bug/feature. 

Call me a munchkin if you must, but for me playing a character who is "that 
competent and hard to kill" is the very heart of the fun of roleplaying. I 
play in order to vicariously experience doing things that I cannot do, ought 
not do, or dare not do  in the real world, and that's what I offer when I GM. 


In my style of play, I find that 40-50 pt characters are the 'sweet spot' for 
TFT heroes. For a long time I've started characters at 35 pts with very rapid 
advancement to 39-40 points. With my latest rules overhaul, I'm going to just 
start them out at 40 pts. 

And that's for humans :-) I don't use gargoyles, but I do use lizardmen: They 
start a couple of points higher (38 vs 35 in my old rules; 42 vs 40 in the 
new ones) and get a few racial bennies, but need double experience to 
improve. 

As I said: Very different tastes. 

-- 
Erol K. Bayburt
ErolB1@aol.com
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