>Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 06:31:32 EST
>From: TTrotsky <TTrotsky_at_aol.com>
>Subject: Re: Greg on AOL
>
>Frederic Ferro on the new game:
>
><< It will use d20s, not percentile dice, but won't include personality
traits
>like Pendragon.
>
> I wonder why. They are very useful to quantify some "challenges" in
>Heroquesting. I don't see how you can do without. >>
>
> I assume you mean the personality traits, not the d20s? :-)
> Well, the advance publicity tells us that HeroQuesting will be
covered by
>the new rules, so presumably they've found some other way to do it.
>Personality traits are unpopular with some players though, especially if the
>GM hasn't managed to grasp that they reflect how the player acts not dictate
>it. I too, was somewhat surprised to see them disappear,
Just to clear something up, it's not correct to say that
personality traits are "disappearing", because the new game
is not based on Pendragon (or on BRP for that matter.) It's
a brand new engine.
Take care >>> Robin