From: Mark S. c/o Tom Yates (marks@slough.mit.edu)
Date: Sun 30 Jan 1994 - 03:28:33 EET
>I really hate the POW gain guidelines. Why even bother with a roll? Just
>give everyone their 2 POW a year and be done with it. This requires way too
>much GM adjudication and bookkeeping -- the GM has to pay close attention
>to how significant each character's use of magic is, and also keep track of
>the last time they rolled for an increase (you can't just do it every
>season, since their rate of significance may vary during the year). Please
>go back to the old standard, or come up with a new method that doesn't
>require such attention from the overburdened GM.
The old Pow and skill check rules worked well, unless
the GM was too lazy to apply the rules with discipline. The
R:AG rules try to kill the boogy man, Check Frenzy, by forcing
gamemasters to do a lot more work within vague outlines. Not
an elegant solution. I do, however, like the fact that one can
now gain Pow for doing things other than overcoming someone
with a spell, or leading a worship service.
Mark S.
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