[UA] Madness

[Zach Johnson]

What about the paradigm skills, that allow you to reroll or something like
that.  

Other than that, the easiest solution seems to make people with high mind
roll more frequently, not harder.  The idiot doesn't have to roll because
he doesn't have the brains to come to the horrifying conclusion ('Sure,
Cthulu is going to devour the world, but we're in America.').  So, instead
of giving madness checks a level, give them a formula where x equals the
tens place of the mind stat.  Or, more simply than that, point only to
people with the mind stats to comprehend for certin rolls.

Z

On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Jeff Wikstrom wrote:

> Don't get me wrong, I'm hardly advocating Mind as a dump stat.  But "Susan" is right; as is, it's difficult to credibly play a character with a Mind of less than 50, in a way that it isn't true for a low Body or Speed.  Because while you can insulate yourself to a certain extent from physical violence, making the occasional Madness check is part of UA.
> 
> 
> --- "Susan Dohnim" <bibadoo at hotmail.com> wrote:
> And let's face it -- if Mind wasn't important, what good max-minner would 
> put much into it? Everyone would be walking around with high Body/Speed and 
> a Mind of 30. "Yeah I'm just a high-school dropout but I've got a high 
> Soul!" It'd be a mega-dump stat.
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