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    Robert Harper
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    Contesting/Rule RPS

    At 10:09 PM 7/12/98 -0600, you wrote:

    >I have encountered endless bidding & counter bidding during bouts of
    >Contest responses, and it is a good way to get the PCs to cash out all
    >those banked RPs. However, how does all this spending translate in game
    >terms?

    Why not? Real nations bankrupt themselves in arms races, beggar their
    populations, ignore important internal economic or social issues in favour
    of external foes or imaginary enemies.

    Teaches the participants a lesson and adds to strategy (A & B beggar their
    RP stores in contesting minor holdings, then C moves in and cleans up). As
    long as there is a 3rd party waiting in the wings, no two foes should be
    willing to exhaust too many RP's in a single struggle that is not vital.

    I also don't see problem with permitting RP's to be spent on Rule; with the
    penatlies to rule increasing at higher levels, the base cost increasing and
    the limits on how often a province can be successfully ruled what's the problem?

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    Morgramen the Magician
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    Contesting/Rule RPS

    I have noticed that a popular house rule seems to be that extra RPs
    cannot be spent to help the success of Rule actions. It was explained
    to me that this was used to limit (or at lest slow) the population
    growth of a region. While I personal like this rule, a thought
    occurred to me last night.

    If RPs cannot be spent on rule actions, should they be allowed to affect
    the Contest action?

    I have encountered endless bidding & counter bidding during bouts of
    Contest responses, and it is a good way to get the PCs to cash out all
    those banked RPs. However, how does all this spending translate in game
    terms?

    What would be the game effect if RPs were no longer allowed to be spent
    to improve/reduce Contest actions?

    Morg
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