Re: [HOE] Denver Thoughts...

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

>Yes, probably the best numbers that we'll EVER get.  Why?  Because such
>information, while it might be useful to you in a certain circumstance,
>wouldn't matter a bit to the majority of people playing the game.

My players seem to think it a relevant issue...  :)  More importantly, it's 
the kind of stats that Pinnacle drops in from time to time, so they seem to 
think some players out there might be interested in them.  Personally, I 
would agree with you, however.

>Marshals write adventures based on what they think is going to be
>challenging, interesting and fair to their players, not how well they
>match up with a bunch of arbitrary statistics in a book.  The half-page

*heh* Check out the Brave New World mailing list sometime - there are 
players there who are _demanding_ such information from Matt Forbeck (who to 
date hasn't provided a whole lot, and has told GMs to change his figures if 
they don't like them).

I would have to say that I would disagree with you in your assessment.  For 
good or for ill, there are gamemasters out there who seek exactly this kind 
of information.  Pinnacle caters to all types.

>it would take to put such number in the Denver sourcebook could be used
>to print information that is much more relevant to the people playing the

Ummm, you were able to do so in a paragraph - what would require a half-page 
box?

>RPG.  If I'm writing an adventure and I want the players to face down two
>Raptors and fifteen automatons, they will, and I won't pause a moment to
>consider what percentage of the Combine's monthly output that is.
>

In either Deadlands or HoE, I don't believe Pinnacle has taken the "infinite 
army" approach for bad guy groups.  They've specified approximiate numbers 
on Doomsayers and Templars, as I recall (without taking up half a page).  
Whether you or I want such information not doesn't seem relevant - I'd say 
the odds are no worse than 50/50 that such a list of figures might be 
included in the Denver Sourcebook.

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Steve Crow

"Worm Can Opener Extraordinare"

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