Re: (TFT) your monster manual for tft. i noted a messsage from last year

[Michael Taylor <MichaelTaylor1@compuserve.com>]

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>>>>>>>>Good evening Michael, this is Ron Pehr.  Looking forward to your
monster
>>>>>>>>manual.   If they're monsters though, do they need a "cost"?  
There won't
>>>>>>>>be a balancing among stats, or a choice of talents, they'll be
whatever
>>>>>>>>they are.  

No, not really. You dont need costs, but when we talk about a 36-pt
character we know about how powerful that is. I'd like to have a 36-pt
monster be roughly equivalent. 

It's hard enough to keep characters alive in TFT that if I could help GM's
make better balance decisions about their monsters I'd like to...

>>>>>>>>For example, monkeys don't have a climbing "talent" that would
>>>>>>>>use up IQ slots.  Monkeys climb because they're monkeys.  So, for
example,
>>>>>>>>the rules for them would include that MA is the same for them
vertically or
>>>>>>>>jumping from surface to surface as it is in straight movement.

No, I defintely wouldnt be using the costs as a "limiting" factor - GMs
should be able to make whatever monsters they want. But at the same time I
remember the bad-old D&D days when GM's would create invincible,
acid-spitting, shapechanging abominations with no consideration on how
powerful those creatures would be against a party of players. Associating a
"Cost" to talents, might make that easier. 

>>>>>>>>        Some random ideas, not at all complete, in regard to some
aspects:
>>>>>>>>        Cost in $ to purchase a pet/monster: This would be similar
to "jobs" in
>>>>>>>>TFT; you'd pay for the stats as if hiring a mercenary

>>>>>>>>rules.   What is meat worth per pound in your world x the pounds of
the

Yeah, but as a GM, I wouldn't mind if the monster book gave me a price list
and I adjusted it for my world. But I'd feel pretty cheated if they just
left the job to me! 

There are some good ideas! Thanks, I'll keep them around for when I'm at
that stage.... 

Currently doing the "V" monsters!

Michael
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