Re: [BNW] Re: Regs and Deltas

["Caias Brian Ward" <talespinner@mindspring.com>]

Perhaps if BNW had a sliding power scale of Deltas, it would be better off.
This way, Deltas could still be on the Batman/New Mutants/Marshal Law level
and hold true to the game's concept of oppression and rebellion.

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Crow <crow_steve@hotmail.com>
To: <bnw@gamerz.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 4:35 PM
Subject: [BNW] Re: Regs and Deltas



> Sure.  Which is why (unlike, say, a system that lets you design your power
> package to your campaign's and/or personal taste ;) ), any Reg system I
> would create and post would be purely an optional one, and created with
the
> understanding it is an optional one.

> Well, some folks have argued that way - some have argued that the focus
> _isn't_ on Deltas, or at least what makes a Delta a Delta (i.e., his
> superpower).  But rather that the focus is on what you do against tyranny
> and the stripping of rights.
>
> When I worked at White Wolf and on the Vampire line, one of the first
things
> I was told was _not_ to make every important character a Vampire, or a
> Werewolf, or a Mage, or whatever.

We are getting this with Continuum as well (www.aetherco.com/continuum).
Not everyone is a time traveller, or someone playing the part of a normal
person.

Caias