Re: 250 Point Project - Captain Cadaver

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> On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:12:15 +1300, Corey Murtagh
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >David Johnston wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:45:58 +1300, Corey Murtagh
> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >>>>>5     Physical Lim,"Cannot speak.",infrequently,slightly
> >>>>
> >>>>When can't he speak?  
> >>>
> >>>Being mute isn't necessarily a huge impediment.  
> >> 
> >> Which would be "all the time, slightly".
> >
> >Depends on your definitions.  If talking is an infrequent activity (just 
> >how often do YOU talk to people on an average day?) then it's hardly 
> >'all the time'.
> 
> No, but the inability to speak is all the time.  Infrequently would be
> something like wearing glasses and being nearsighted  when you
> lose them or going into a diabetic coma when you miss your insulin
> shot.  

        From FRED, p212, (// indicate italics in the text):

                These frequencies indicate how often the Disadvantage 
        affects the character /in the game/.  Many Disadvantages affect 
        the character all the time, but what matters for game purposes is 
        how often they affect his performance in the game.  For example, 
        being unable to walk affects a character every minute of every day 
        of his life.  But it only affects his abilities in the game 
        frequently; there are plenty of things he can do in the game which 
        don't require him to walk.  Therefore /Unable To Walk/ would be a 
        Physical Limitation which affects the character /Frequently/ not 
        /All The Time/.


        Mute is a physical limitation which only limits the character when 
he needs to talk, thus he is limited only infrequently.

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                              Phoenix