home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!europa.asd.contel.com!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!atlantic.cps.msu.edu!schwarts
- From: schwarts@cps.msu.edu (Steven Eric Schwartz)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.design
- Subject: Re: FUDGE: Levels
- Message-ID: <1h5bmjINNik4@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 21:07:31 GMT
- References: <1h3s92INNf1s@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <1992Dec21.141332.7260@oz.plymouth.edu>
- Reply-To: schwarts@cps.msu.edu (Steven Eric Schwartz)
- Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Michigan State University
- Lines: 28
- NNTP-Posting-Host: atlantic.cps.msu.edu
- Originator: schwarts@atlantic.cps.msu.edu
-
- In article <1992Dec21.141332.7260@oz.plymouth.edu> sos@oz.plymouth.edu (Steffan O'Sullivan) writes:
-
- >>To make it easier on character sheets when abbreviating levels to a single
- >>character, the 'Great' level could be changed to another word (off the top
- >>of my head I'd use 'Excellent') to avoid confusing it with the 'Good' level.
- >
- >In this case, though, I must admit we hashed it out quite a bit. The
- >upshot is:
- >
- >No two net.people can agree on seven adjectives that form a progression
- >for the worst to the best. Some have to be rejected because of other
- >connotations (such as Average - a Good swordsman gets a Good result on
- >the average, for example . . .). Since no one can agree, I just chose
- >the seven that made the most sense to me and added a caveat that the GM
- >should change them as needed. Your example wouldn't help me at all,
- >for instance: I can easily see a difference between Good and Great,
- >but would have a hard time telling the difference between Excellent and
- >Superb . . .
-
- I thought of that confusion on Ex...Su as well....ok back to eating more
- FUDGE!
-
-
- --
- Steven Eric Schwartz "It's not safe out here. It's wonderous, with
- (schwarts@cps.msu.edu) treasures to satiate desires both subtle and
- 125 East Wilson Hall, MSU gross. But it's not for the timid."
- East Lansing, Michigan 48825 - Q, "Q Who"
-