Re: Random vs. Point Alloc CharGen

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From: Magnus Alvestad
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 02:21

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>>>>> On 12 Nov 92 16:12:46 GMT, bell@pooh.cs.unc.edu (Andrew Bell)
>>>>> said:

>The better approach is dictated by what the *player* wants.

	Andrew> But the GM dictates the base system.  If he/she
	Andrew> dictates point allocation, the randomness preferrer
	Andrew> can get out his/her dice.  If the GM dictates random
	Andrew> rolling, however, and you prefer point allocation,
	Andrew> you're out of luck.

Not true. One player could create his character with point allocation
while another rolled up his.

-Magnus

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From: magnus@bark-fddi.ii.uib.no (Magnus Alvestad)
Subject: Re: Random vs. Point Alloc CharGen
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