[UA] Epideiromancy - My face is red

[Gregory Paul Stolze]

At 11:28 AM 02/20/2001 -0000, you wrote:
>I have asked :
>
>>3) Question about Epideiromancy. Is it really worth it trying to
>>get minor charges? If I cut myself up big time I’ll get 23 points
>>of damage at worst (roll 00 => 10+10+3 for a match) and I can then
>>split it into 10 minor charges that I would need to lose 30 wound
>>points for on their own. Am I missing out something here?
>
>Greg Stolze said :
>
>>Oh yes.  To get a significant charge, you take the damage AS
>>ROLLED. You roll a 77, that's 77 points of damage and time to make
>>a new character.

This is embarassing.  I was totally wrong there.  I got confused.  Sorry.
It's as you thought, not as I said.  

Damn.

>2) Another question I have. Would you allow an epideiromancer to use first 
>aid on himself after cutting himself up? Magical healing is, of course, 
>straight out, but what about first aid kits and suchlike? The notes in 
>PoMoMa on fleshworkers gaining charges seem to indicate so.

Yep.

>The good doctor had 70 wound points, 50% Paramedic skill and 50% Judo skill.
>
>Not sure how bad I rolled but three game-months later (considering that good 
>doctor would have enough sense to heal completely before he cut himself 
>again) he was able to gain 8 significant charges and increase both his Speed 
>and wound points by 15 points – Speed went from 45 to 60, while his wound 
>points reached 85.

This is one argument against letting people charge up during out-of-game
"down time."

>With that, I declared him to be the ultimate combat munchkin and sent him 
>off against a lowly punk with a knife. Who promptly kicked the shit out of 
>him – well, made him lose 40 wound points.

Sounds balanced to me...  

Seriously though, an epideromancer with an M.D. is no one to fool with.
That kind of munchkinry is fine.  I don't consider it unbalancing.

-G.
"Hey isn't there some danger of brain damage with this?"
"It's no worse than a week-long vodka bender, or twenty minutes on a cell
phone."

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