From: Nils Hammer (nh0g+@andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Fri 22 Apr 1994 - 20:46:07 EEST
This is a thread perhaps left behind, especially considering the trouble we
see in Andre de Oliveira Fernandes 14 Apr letter;
> Huh, I should have heard the priest at the TV and stayed away from
>RPGs. You guys are pretty bad company. Amem.
_But_ I just can't refrain from putting in my opinion. At first I thought the Broo reproducing with everything was an error, even to make them the "bad guys" I couldn't accept it. Now that I see the stove-broo is established I must rationalize it. I propose that to reproduce with something non-mammalian the broo must expend POW as if it were an enchantment. The further from the original species, the more POW needed. To mate with a stove probably cost that idiot broo 10 POW.
This brings to mind the possibilities of many things not normally listed as RQ
spells being treated as such. I believe any confrontation could have a
pow vs pow
struggle with attendant chance for pow gain roll, assuming that the GM feels
comfortable departing from defined rules. Also, normal activities are
similar to
worship. A loving couple having a successful coupling probably send many MP
to Uleria. I think even on our earth0 it seems like we expend MP during
some acts.
Paul Reilly says "Well sure, sometimes you can actually summon something."
So, in RQ, I would have two _true_ lovers "initiate" to each other
costing 1 POW
with some vague attendant benefits. Remember that I would give POW gain rolls
a little more freely, so the power-gamers need not feel put upon.
Likewise, non-broo who commit rape have a chance of accidentally initiating
with Thed. You don't get to be the bad guys for free. I don't have a
specific proposal
for rules to cover all this of course.
Nils K. Hammer
nh0g@andrew.cmu.edu
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