[UA] Charge gathering

[Chris Milne]

On Monday, July 23, 2001 12:29 PM, Gaston Phillips 
[SMTP:gaston at math.sunysb.edu] wrote:
> [SNIP]
> So, please - stories/advice from game masters or
> designers - how have you handled dipsomancers in teh past?  he 
wants the
> first session to revolve around him getting a vessel of some kind, 
but is
> leaving details up to me.  I'm worried that, once he /has/ a 
vessel, he'll
> be charging himself full of sig charges, instead of minor ones.

IMUAC, I made it a major story arc for that character to get hold of 
such a vessel. I let him choose what he was going after and played 
along with it - made it tricky to get hold of, but certainly 
possible. I was also worried about the effect that it would have on 
game (and party) balance once he got it. Essentially, I decided that 
if he went for something inconspicuous and easily transportable (like 
Dirk Allen's paper cup), then he'd run the risk of losing it - after 
all, his character would get drunk rather often. If not, then I was 
less worried as he wouldn't be able to charge up on the spur of the 
moment.


> On a related note, if all you have are significant charges, and the 
spell
> calls for a minor one, what's the conversion?

1 siggie can be converted to 10 minors. For the dipsomancer, I 
expressly disallowed such conversion once he got his vessel.


> gaston



Chris Milne

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