Re: Coming back to DnD

"First Prophet of Kaos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> It's already broken.  If you want to patch it by saying 'no' when it's
> clearly appropriate to say 'no,' then you're doing exactly what I
> advised you to do.
>
> OTOH, if you want to patch it by making silly rewrites (ie 'its not an
> emergency if a self-sacrificing hero volunteers') then I'm going to
> point and laugh.

The problem mostly lies in the "Emergency Only" limitation, and a chosen
style of game design. If you have a generic "Emergency Only" limitation it
isn't going to fit every possible advantage or power it's applied to. If you
write up an individual "Emergency Only" limitation for _every_ advantage or
power it might be applied to it takes up far too much room.

It's far easier, and makes far more sense, to just write a generic
limitation with the uber rule "If the GM says it's abusive he can veto or
modify as he sees fit", which is more or less what GURPS does... with pretty
much everything.

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