Re: [DL] Discussion on RVC2, and Spoilers

[PEGGoff@aol.com]

In a message dated Mon, 13 Mar 2000  1:41:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, The Baron Samedi <baron11@netmcr.com> writes:

> Decided to combine my comments to Mr. Goff.
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> (notes the lack of commentary on The Cackler)
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Heck, I just forgot about it. :-)

I was trying to cover the mistake by silence. ;-)

>  >>A vampire, OTOH, has a much harder row to hoe.
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> You like that phrase, don't you?
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Let's see, that one was on my mind for a while, but I'm largely over it now (present example notwithstanding). <g>

My real favorites are:

"That said..."
"Six in one hand, a half-dozen in the other." *

*I've not yet found a good use for this one in a book yet. ;-)

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> *sigh* I do worry about this.  I hate to change the rules given how much 
> this comes up in my games.
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Don't. It won't be anything major in the structure. It's just based on a year or so of playing with voodooists and reading feedback. 

To put your mind at ease, I'm going to trim some of the casting times and provide a _scroungin'_ option to just paying out cash for certain components.

I'm also going to make shrines and humfors a bonus to the roll instead of a minus for not having them. I'll then make the TNs for the spells higher to reflect this--but not quite as high as they would be now. 

For example, the TN for the Foretellin' spell is currently Fair (5)--which means if your character casts it away from a shrine, she needs to roll a 10 on the dice to get it to work. Under the new write-up, the TN may be Hard (9), with a +4 bonus to the roll _if_ it's cast at a shrine or humfor.

Makes them a little less restrictive, without going overboard on the changes. 
 
> That said, You guys have yet to let me down on these things.  I have faith 
> the new stuff will rock.  I just cannot help being nervous, ya know?
> Anything you decide to let us know to prepare is quite welcome, on the 
> Voodoo and the MA front.

See above. :-)

As to MA, I've not gotten too into it yet. I don't expect to do much to the system itself--if anything. It seems fine. Mostly, I'll just be clarifying any recurring questions we've been getting over how X power works.

> Thanks!

Anytime!

John Goff