[UA] Players screwed over

[Kevin Elmore]

--- Patrick Joynt <deadairis at hotmail.com> wrote:
> The beauty of UA (well, one of them) is that the system
> screws players for 
> you.

I tell you; the first time I played Mage, I made my mage
character screwed up.  I had UA on the brain at the time,
so when I made my Cult of Ecstasy guy, I thought, "Hmm,
he's just not screwed up enough.  I think I'll make him
addicted to gambling but have a superstition where he never
uses magic to affect the outcome of a game of chance.  So
he'll be poor.  But he still isn't screwed up enough.  I
think I'll have him be reduced to being a charlatan palm
reader in the shit side of town."  

That mentality was so ingrained in me, that when my
character encountered a pretty stable, with-it mage, it was
quite a surprise that he could use magic well without being
screwed over.  The GM loved my messed-up character.  Too
bad I won't see him again; I'd show him the books that
inspired that sort of thought in me.

Damn you Stolze and Tynes.  Keep it up.

Kevin



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