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Article #484Re: FUDGE: Levels
From: Steven Eric Schwartz
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:07
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:07
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In article <1992Dec21.141332.7260@oz.plymouth.edu> sos@oz.plymouth.edu (Steffan O'Sullivan) writes: >>To make it easier on character sheets when abbreviating levels to a single >>character, the 'Great' level could be changed to another word (off the top >>of my head I'd use 'Excellent') to avoid confusing it with the 'Good' level. > >In this case, though, I must admit we hashed it out quite a bit. The >upshot is: > >No two net.people can agree on seven adjectives that form a progression >for the worst to the best. Some have to be rejected because of other >connotations (such as Average - a Good swordsman gets a Good result on >the average, for example . . .). Since no one can agree, I just chose >the seven that made the most sense to me and added a caveat that the GM >should change them as needed. Your example wouldn't help me at all, >for instance: I can easily see a difference between Good and Great, >but would have a hard time telling the difference between Excellent and >Superb . . . I thought of that confusion on Ex...Su as well....ok back to eating more FUDGE! -- Steven Eric Schwartz "It's not safe out here. It's wonderous, with (schwarts@cps.msu.edu) treasures to satiate desires both subtle and 125 East Wilson Hall, MSU gross. But it's not for the timid." East Lansing, Michigan 48825 - Q, "Q Who"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!europa.asd.contel.com!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!atlantic.cps.msu.edu!schwarts From: schwarts@cps.msu.edu (Steven Eric Schwartz) Newsgroups: rec.games.design Subject: Re: FUDGE: Levels Message-ID: <1h5bmjINNik4@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 21 Dec 92 21:07:31 GMT References: <1h3s92INNf1s@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <1992Dec21.141332.7260@oz.plymouth.edu> Reply-To: schwarts@cps.msu.edu (Steven Eric Schwartz) Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Michigan State University Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: atlantic.cps.msu.edu Originator: schwarts@atlantic.cps.msu.edu