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    At 06:09 PM 3/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:
    >On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, irdeggman wrote:
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    >> if it required adjusted very often than the system needed to be
    >> adjusted so that it wasn`t common practice for the DM to make these
    >> adjustments.
    >
    >I know I`m endlessly repeating myself here, but there is a crucial point
    >which is too often being glossed over.
    >
    >Just because you want to balance bloodline _against_ ability scores does
    >_not_ mean you need to make bloodline _into_ an ability score.
    >
    >I might accept the former. I cannot accept the latter.
    >
    >I heartily support some form of point-buy system to generate bloodline
    >scores deterministically, specifically in order to remove the gross
    >unfairness of the huge random variation in the standard table.
    >
    >However, I think any change to the bloodline system which results in every
    >single blooded character presented in any 2e Birthright product not having
    >exactly the same bloodline score as they were printed with is a bad idea.
    >
    >Generate bloodline scores however you want. I just think it is a terrible
    >plan to change the scale of the resulting bloodline scores.

    I really agree with Ryan here. If you want to remove the randomness, that
    is totally cool - but the scale should remain the same. GT should still be
    Reynir 49 and DA should still be Anduiras 70. Those numbers are only really
    important on the domain level.

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    irdeggman wrote:

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    > irdeggman wrote:
    > Some reasons for using the 7th ability score for blood abilites (not in order of importance):
    >
    >1) It is a relatively easy concept to follw. Paralleling the normal ability scores and is hence more intuitively understandable. (This is not something that can`t be changed as it is only an understanding thing and not a mechanics driver, although for 1st time players it would be a great benefit)
    >
    You could as well use the BAB table if you want to use a 3E table.
    e.g. Bloodline of 6 (2E 12) means 1 major, 1 minor ability ;-)

    But it will still shift the existence of bloodlines and their
    bloodabilitys which changes the persons and their bloodlines in the books.

    >2) It makes it easy to apply a "modifier" to adjust the DC of blood abilities. (This is by far the most significant issue. If we decide to use a different concept for the blood score than we will still need to come up with some way to make a ready-to-use adjustment for DCs based on strength)
    >
    The DC to save against a Bloodability could be the same as for spells 10
    + the level of the blood abilty (minor/major/great of whatever).

    >3) It gives those who wish to play a non-scion something to make a trade off with. (Many people have talked about running "split" campaigns where a player has 2 (or more) PCs to run with one of them being a scion/regent and the other not)
    >
    And why should his 2nd character be equal in power to his first?
    Why can´t a servant simply be less powerful - or a longtime general MORE
    powerful than the ruler?
    bye
    Michael Romes

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    Originally posted by ConjurerDragon


    irdeggman wrote:

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    > irdeggman wrote:
    > Some reasons for using the 7th ability score for blood abilites (not in order of importance):
    >
    >1) It is a relatively easy concept to follw. Paralleling the normal ability scores and is hence more intuitively understandable. (This is not something that can`t be changed as it is only an understanding thing and not a mechanics driver, although for 1st time players it would be a great benefit)
    >
    You could as well use the BAB table if you want to use a 3E table.
    e.g. Bloodline of 6 (2E 12) means 1 major, 1 minor ability ;-)

    But it will still shift the existence of bloodlines and their
    bloodabilitys which changes the persons and their bloodlines in the books.
    bye
    Michael Romes
    But the characters in the books all need to be changed anyway. They didn't have skills and feats in 2nd ed, the base class descriptions and abilities are substantially different, all characters get to apply a +1 ability modifier every 4th level, etc. So what is the difference if every character needs to be redone (mostly from scratch) anyways. This arguement is too simplistic in its approach. It might as well be "because I don't want to change them". You have expressed other valid reasons for not changing and they are much more cohesive than this one.:)
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    From: "irdeggman" <brnetboard@TUARHIEVEL.ORG>

    > But the characters in the books all need to be changed anyway

    A plea for simplicity, here!

    Most of the characters from the books have a very simple format, that gave
    scant but sufficient information to use them on the domain level of play.
    Like this:

    King Uldviik (MRj; F6; Re, major, 22; LN) (from Tribes, page 50)

    This was enough. There was no need for anything more. No attributes, no
    skills, just a class, a level, an alignment and some bloodline info. If the
    character was to appear in a scenario, this would have to be expanded upon
    greatly, but at the domain level, it was sufficient.

    I liked that. I liked the fact that the system was simple and
    straightforward. I would prefer if we did not HAVE to make a full write-up
    for King Uldviik and all his innumerable compatriots that only got the
    shorthand description. And in very few cases do I see a need to change the
    information included in such a capsule for 3E.

    Thus I`d like the bloodline information to stay on the same formula it was.
    I`d like the domain system no more complex than that it can accommodate
    realms being run by characters for whom this is all the information we have.
    I can accept more detailed rules for PC realms, but NPC realms should be
    kept simple.

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    irdeggman wrote:

    >This post was generated by the Birthright.net message forum.
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    > irdeggman wrote:
    >
    Originally posted by ConjurerDragon
    >irdeggman wrote:
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    >>This post was generated by the Birthright.net message forum.
    >>You can view the entire thread at: http://www.birthright.net/read.php?TID=1445
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    >>irdeggman wrote:
    >>Some reasons for using the 7th ability score for blood abilites (not in order of importance):
    >>
    >>1) It is a relatively easy concept to follw. Paralleling the normal ability scores and is hence more intuitively understandable. (This is not something that can`t be changed as it is only an understanding thing and not a mechanics driver, although for 1st time players it would be a great benefit)
    >>
    >You could as well use the BAB table if you want to use a 3E table.
    >e.g. Bloodline of 6 (2E 12) means 1 major, 1 minor ability ;-)
    >
    >But it will still shift the existence of bloodlines and their
    >bloodabilitys which changes the persons and their bloodlines in the books.
    >bye
    >Michael Romes
    >
    >
    >But the characters in the books all need to be changed anyway. They didn`t have skills and feats in 2nd ed, the base class descriptions and abilities are substantially different, all characters get to apply a +1 ability modifier every 4th level, etc. So what is the difference if every character needs to be redone (mostly from scratch) anyways. This arguement is too simplistic in its approach. It might as well be "because I don`t want to change them". You have expressed other valid reasons for not changing and they are much more cohesive than this one.:)
    >
    Changing Bloodlines changes something that was independent from 2E
    rules, as in 2E core there were no bloodlines.
    To change the class data like feats/skills instead of non-/weapon
    proficiencys is converting 2E to 3E.

    So while I see it as good to use the new 3E rules to replace the 2E
    stuff, I do not see the need to change a bloodline system that was an
    addition to the core rules and not part of it.

    As someone else already wrote, I was even confused by the simple 3E
    bloodline is halve of the 2E bloodline.
    But you still collect 3E bloodline X 2 RP which again equals the old 2E
    RP collection... Why not stay with the simple max. RP collection =
    bloodline as it is completely independent from any balance issues
    between characters and is used only on the domain level of play?
    bye
    Michael Romes

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    At 09:56 AM 3/19/2003 +0100, you wrote:
    >From: "irdeggman" <brnetboard@TUARHIEVEL.ORG>
    >
    >> But the characters in the books all need to be changed anyway
    >
    >A plea for simplicity, here!
    >
    >Most of the characters from the books have a very simple format, that gave
    >scant but sufficient information to use them on the domain level of play.
    >Like this:
    >
    >King Uldviik (MRj; F6; Re, major, 22; LN) (from Tribes, page 50)
    >
    >This was enough. There was no need for anything more. No attributes, no
    >skills, just a class, a level, an alignment and some bloodline info. If the
    >character was to appear in a scenario, this would have to be expanded upon
    >greatly, but at the domain level, it was sufficient.
    >
    >I liked that. I liked the fact that the system was simple and
    >straightforward. I would prefer if we did not HAVE to make a full write-up
    >for King Uldviik and all his innumerable compatriots that only got the
    >shorthand description. And in very few cases do I see a need to change the
    >information included in such a capsule for 3E.
    >
    >Thus I`d like the bloodline information to stay on the same formula it was.
    >I`d like the domain system no more complex than that it can accommodate
    >realms being run by characters for whom this is all the information we have.
    >I can accept more detailed rules for PC realms, but NPC realms should be
    >kept simple.

    I`d like to second Carl here. The only thing that needs to be changed
    possibly is class.. some characters might pick up a PrC or some
    multiclassing. Fulgar the Bold, for instance, should have his class levels
    adjusted for 3e but everything else should stay the same. His RP collected
    certainly shouldn`t change, so why change the bloodline?

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    I just want to leave my opinion about bloodlines in this playtest version.

    We are playing "normal" campaings in Cerilia, so I don't know if this new system is good or bad in regent style of games.

    Bloodline as a seventh ability is good idea, but I have found one problem in our games. We are using "point buy"-system to create characters, so blooded characters are weaker, dummier, clumsier etc because they have to use points to buy their bloodline. This can avoided by giving, for example +0 points for minor bloodline to buy stats, +4 for major, +8 for great and +12 for true. It is then up to player if he/she want's to play dummier regent than commoners are. Old system where bloodline was randomly determined from 0 to NN was crappy. You could have great bloodline, but your only power might have been deep blue eyes and your friend could have major bloodline and he can teleport through water, heal with his hands and so on. Rrright... That old system has become a joke in our gaming group (I have dexterity of rhino or sight of the mole). Of course some of the blood abilities can be great roleplaying elements, but ad&d/d&d was/is heavily combat oriented playing system.
    I think players should have possibility to affect their bloodline strenght, derivation and powers in character creation. IMO it makes playing characters more rewarding when blood abilities support the idea of the character. So vote that keep the idea of seventh ability and possibility to choose abilities.
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    Originally posted by Birthright-L (Carl Kramer)

    This was enough. There was no need for anything more. No attributes, no skills, just a class, a level, an alignment and some bloodline info. If the character was to appear in a scenario, this would have to be expanded upon greatly, but at the domain level, it was sufficient.

    I liked that. I liked the fact that the system was simple and straightforward. I would prefer if we did not HAVE to make a full write-up for King Uldviik and all his innumerable compatriots that only got the shorthand description. And in very few cases do I see a need to change the information included in such a capsule for 3E.
    Remember: Not erveryone plays only domain games. If you prefer it, right, O.K. Nobody says something against that. But there is the other part, who prefers "normal" table roleplay with characters who have equipment, an attack and damage role and you know how they look like. For those it is nessessary to describe regents (and not to leave everything to the DM). If you don't use/ need this, O.K., but it's described for those, who think different...
    BTW shorthand descriptions are really boring.



    Originally posted by Tempest

    Bloodline as a seventh ability is good idea, but I have found one problem in our games. We are using "point buy"-system to create characters, so blooded characters are weaker, dummier, clumsier etc because they have to use points to buy their bloodline.
    You're right. That's why we don't use the point buy system and role 7 abilities (x3). So the regent can choose a high strength or bloodline. ;)
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    When ever you add a new attribute, you need to increase the number of points
    available. Let`s say I feel compelled to divide INT into Logic and
    Intuition (or Deduction and Induction). The standard 25 point allocation is
    no longer standard. I`ll come up with underpowered characters. I need to
    figure out what I want the new Standard Array to look like. Let`s say I add
    another "12", so the Standard Array looks like 15, 14, 13, 12, 12, 10, 8.
    That means I need to add 4 more points to accomodate my new skill at the
    level I want it at. But, what if my new skill were optional? If the Blood
    Strength can be 0, I have a problem making new point buys, since my standard
    base-line is 8, and my new score is 0. The solution to this is generally
    going to be a mechanism that has an uneven conversion ratio.

    Let`s say I added one new point to the standard allocation. Let`s say I
    allow the conversion of 3 Blood points for every standard point as long as
    my blood score is below 8. If I scale the table of point buys below 8,
    allowing each increment to be purchased at half a point. I can buy 4 for a
    point, 6 for two points, and 8 for three points. Of course I could ignore
    the blood points and spend my one standard point on some standard attribute.
    That puts a player in a choice to either taking a 12 and turning it into a
    13, or having an 8 in blood score. An acceptable exchange, IMO, for the
    extra powers of being blooded. Tweak the ratio of standard points to blood
    points, as you see fit. 2:1 puts the choice between moving the 12 to 13, or
    6 in the blood attribute. 4:1 give you a 9 in the blood attribute.

    In any event, you can`t add attributes without adding allocation points
    unless you actually want low scores in this new attribute, or some
    substitute.

    Kenneth Gauck
    kgauck@mchsi.com

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    Oh god, are we here again?

    Originally posted by AnakinMiller
    Yes, I understand that the "volunteers" have dedicated their beloved
    personal time and what not to this project. But the simple fact that they
    volunteer to do this should not suddenly become the *Holy Shield* of can do
    no wrongs.
    I'm afraid I'm not as understanding as Ryan; if you do the work you get to make the choice.

    If you're not even willing to visit a website to log your opinion, I don't think it's likely you'll be producing a 200 page doc to rival the playtest one.

    Petulance, bah.

    CM.

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