Re: (TFT) Wizard mods - out of balance?

[raito@raito.com]

Quoting Joey Beutel <mejobo@comcast.net>:
> What do you mean by 'how to make characters less powerful?'

I mean, no one ever says, "These characters are to powerful. I think we 
should do something so that they're less so." I have seen no proposals 
for this. 

What I do see is people trying to put more numbers on their character sheets. 

I have a problem with that that is directly tied to what I see as 
advantages of the system. A TFT character sheet is pretty simple at its 
base (unless you're in a game that's pedantic about carrying capacity 
and armour degradation). You have a name and a race. You have 3 
attributes, and their adjustments. You have MA, which is calculated. 
You have your Talents and Spells (a short list in a canonical game). 
And you have some equipment. That's not a lot of info. Because it's not 
a lot of info, you must roleplay to have the maximum amount of fun (or 
you're just playing out combats, which is fine, too). 

When you start adding more numbers to the sheet, the tendency is to 
begin playing the numbers instead of the character. I don't like that. 
And there's really no need to. There's enough possibilities that 
another number on your sheet isn't going to make the game any more fun. 

Let's see if I can come up with a 'less powerful' proposal... 

OK, here's one. Missle Spells are way too powerful because a character 
could put all their strength into it. A 10 ST Lightning spell does an 
average of 35 points. That' enough to off a 4-hex dragon or a standard 
Giant in one shot. Not only that, but the character gets all the XP, 
and there's none for anyone else in the party. So we should limit the 
amount of ST in a Missle Spell to a quarter of the character's current 
ST. After all, as they get weaker, they shouldn't be able to cast as 
powerful a spell. 

That's a 'less powerful' proposal. Not that I advocate for it. 

Neil Gilmore
raito@raito.com
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