[UA] Yet another newbie with his bunch of questions

[Greg Stolze]

on 2/16/01 11:57 AM, maksim stseglov at maksim_stseglov at hotmail.com wrote:

> I’ve recently got into UA - had the main rulebook for quite a while but
> never got a chance to GM it until now. As soon as I did GM my first session
> a month ago I went out and bought the rest of the books.

God bless you.  You're one of the good ones.

> 1) OK, I know that Greg Stolze is on the cover of the main rulebook.
> However, Tim Dedopolous (apologies if I misspell the name) is pictured as
> Derek Jackson, the leader of Mak Attax.

Actually, I think that's an artistic coincidence.  To the best of my
knowledge, Jim Pavelic (the artist) never met Tim.  As for the
Dedopulous/Duopulous thing -- what can I say, sometimes I get lazy with
names...

> So, who is Mr. Jackson and what was it all about ?

The apology is to Jim Pavelic.  He did some art that got yanked.

> 2) Who is the Eye Biting Man and where is he mentioned ? My only guess would
> be a nod to Neil Gaiman’s Corinthian but I have not seen anything to prove
> or disprove it.

The Eye Biting Man is mentioned in passing in Lawyers, Guns and Money (one
of the psychologists ran into two widely separated kids who'd run afoul of
it), I THINK there might be a mention in Hush Hush, and it gets referred to
again in the upcoming adventure anthology.  It's just something I thought up
which I hope never gets explained, ever.

> 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?

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.
  
> 10) Chicago in general. What landmarks are there? I have read a Vampire book
> on the city but can’t remember anything beyond it having three universities
> and Magnificent Mile. Oh, and the city’s standing on Lake Michigan, right?

Ken?  You want to field that one?  (Ladies and gentlemen, the one, the only,
the man who loves Chi-town more than anyone I know... KENNNN HIIIIITE!)
 
> 11) Entropomancers’ significant charges. How risky must the activity be for
> Entropomancer to get a sig charge off it? Playing Russian roulette is enough
> but what about less risky activities, like going bungee jumping etc.

Bungee jumping, maybe.  GM's call.  I was inclined to dismiss it, but
really, given that you can't do it on the spur of the moment, it might not
be unbalancing.  There's got to be a pretty decent chance of death though.

>It’s 
> just that the people who risk their life on regular basis probably calculate
> their odds in advance and a 16% chance of death would be laughed at, while
> bodybags seem to have to go against such odds on a daily basis. What' their
> life expectancy like and how do they ever manage to survive their training ?

They manage to survive by taking small risks.  There are entropomancers out
there who never get significant charges 'cause they're wussies.  Significant
chargers?  Well, you don't meet many with grey hairs.

Welcome aboard.  BTW, your English seems quite good to me.

-G.


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