Re: [HOE] Mundane Background

[Sam & Max <samnmax@swbell.net>]

> 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...
> 

Well the edge actually started as kind of a joke. The 25 points comes from the
way that Hucksters and all other AB were changed from what would be called first
edition. 
	Instead of the natural power restraint of having to spend their points on each
and every Hex as a separate skill suddenly a huckster need only buy it and Poof!
instantly skilled as well as every other Hex he has had for years, or months, or
whatever. :) This alone was what started it. The I found a Hex, I am a master at
the hex thing.  
	This hit across the board with Sykers and such in HOE. So since each AB was
effectively getting 5 starting abilities at level 5 each, we just added 25
points for the I'm Normal edge. I say 5 because not to many Ab's would start
with less than 5 in that all encompassing uber skill.
	The new rules for AB's were simpler but ramped up the power level for AB's
incredibly compared to the older point cost that was necessary to attain it.
	And yes the 25 points is a truckload. The idea at the time was to give Nomal
characters the exact same boost that the AB's had been given. The edge was never
actually used in the game and some other balancing factors could be added to it.
Instead of raising everyones power levels we simply kept the older rules and all
Powers, miracles and so on were purchased seperately as per the older rules.   
-- 
David Heth 
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