Re: [BNW] Re: bnw-digest.19990926

[Charles Little <infinite@infinite-visions.com>]

> Is the Ripper a Teleporter? Which doesn't appear in the main book? or is he
> a Vampire, Bouncer or something that does?
> Will He be detailed enough for me to run him if I don't run out and buy the
> Ravaged Earth book supposing he is a Teleporter/Souleater/whathave since I
> don't have the book? If he's not detailed enough then I get cheated out by
> having an adventure I can't use as written-which I might want to do?
> What about 6 months from now will those adventures require a Archetype that
> doesn't exist in the Book I have?
> 
I suppose it comes down to you can't please all of the people all of the
time.  Your point is valid, but it is valid with any of the information
that you propose taking out also.  If the villian in the adventure was a
vampire, and those rules were in Ravaged Planet, would you not feel the
same way?  In Deadlands, there was a character written up with martial
arts.  I was like, huh?  Then I figured out where they were, and bought a
$30 boxed set for one half sized book that was 20-30 pages at the most.
That is just par for the course, man.  No matter what game you play, down
the line when new stuff comes along, you're going to have to either a)
have thoserules, or b) fudge them.  As far as coming aout with the whole
thing in one book, I'm sure that you know that as the size of the book
gets larger, the price is not additive.  You didn't agree with where stuff
was split... cool.  But the game _is_ playable with the first book only,
so my point is that the accusation of an incomplete game are baseless...