Re: [HOE] Mundane Background

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> > Mundane Backgrounds are only available to char. that have Arcane
> > Backgrounds. Not even greenies or acolytes or squires or whatever can take
> > it. This edge lets player choose one skill at creation that the character
> > has a +2 to all rolls for. This bonus only applies to that skill and if
> > the skill has concentrations then the player must choose one (you're a
> > natural at shootin:pistols, not shootin).
> > 
> 
> 	Good idea.. we had a slightly different angle on this.  A while
> back while dealing with the first ramp up in power the HOE setting
> brought to Deadlands I was pretty frustrated with the AB levels as
> compared to the normals. My friend Mike built an edge for just this
> called. "I'M NORMAL!" The title comes from a very bizarre spot on an
> old TV show but you can find it here.
> http://mscof.home.texas.net/hellonearth/edgesandhinderances/hoeedges1.html

I dunno. I like the idea (maybe both "The Natural" and "I'm Normal" could
fall under Mundane Backgrounds). But 25pts. seems like a LOT to give. With
The Natural it's a nice little edge, but not so powerful that every
mundane is going to buy it (if you want to be a two-fisted, level-headed
gunfighter then you're better off not taking "The Natural"). But with "I'm
Normal" it seems like you'd be nuts NOT to take it (25 skill points for 3
edge points? Sign me up). It would also put the skill level of mundanes
WAY above arcanes, excessively so it seems to me. 

How did you arrive at 25pts? I'd have thought 15pts (from VotWW) would
have been the natural amount...

Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab


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