[HoE] Junker/Cyborg Stuff

[Abdullah Oblongota <toadpooka@usa.net>]

<<*nods* yep. But I'm still not totally sure how it relates to size and the 
  miniaturization issue In this case it almost seems like the smaller the 
  frame, the _harder_ it would be to boost its strength. I'll take a look at 
  the stuff again...>>

You're right: Smaller devices have lower initial Strength, so you have to raise
more steps with SS.  But, for Miniaturize, you're not shrinking the device,
you're shrinking the number of slots one power takes up in it.  So you could put
SS in a Frame 2 device, and it would jsut leave room for extra powers.

<<Well, I've got a review of Junkers Sourcebook coming out over at 
  www.azraelonline.com, and I pretty much dismissed the concerns that the 
  calculations were too complicated. I saved that for the Cyborg Sourcebook 
  review. :)>>

This wasn't a comment on what you'd written; it was more a leftover from when
Junkman cometh came out (see below).  If you don't mind my asking, what was so
complicated about Cyborgs?  Junkman was, in my opinion, much mroe complex.

<<Well, I've worked on my share of sourcebooks, so I wasn't trying to dismiss 
  John's efforts. But it did strike me (as it has since struck my players 
  drooling over the chance to create Junkers : ) ) that Miniaturize is 
  potentially one _very_ useful and oft-chosen Trick. It's not really subject 
  to abuse per se that I've noticed so far (unless you get some really absurd 
  roll - unfortunately my players occasionally do), but it does strike me that 
  it might have got a little more explanation/scrutiny, and a little less 
  space devoted to some of the other Tricks.>>

I agree that Miniaturize and a couple others were far more important to junkers
than most of those Tricks, and some of them felt a little tacked on.  But giving
too much more space to Mini would have made the other Tricks seem like just an
excuse to have Miniaturize.

<<Don't know about the Listserv issues, as I try to stay clear of that kind of 
  thing. Anything off-line you'd care to tell me, I'd be interested in 
  hearing.>>

It's nothing too terrible, really.  But after Junkman came out, it got a lot of
flak on this list for having "too much" math, and being too complicated.  I was
a little distressed to hear that people whose opinions I trusted were so afraid
of a decimal point.
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