Re: Awkward abilities

From: Jeff <jakyer_at_...>
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 13:51:13 -0000

wrote:
> A character in my game has chosen two abilities for his characetr
> that are causing a bit of a headache for me.
>
> The first is 'Lucky'. I asked for examples of use, and he suggested
> that in combat an opponent that was about to kill him might
> trip over and miss, or he might 'luckily' guess a password, etc.
> Essentialy he could use it to help him in pretty much any situation
> where a lucky accident might help him.

I'd prefer 'lucky in love' or 'lucky with cards' - antyhing broader would have improv penalties.

Basically, what I'd give him is an augment.

> The other ability is 'intuitive Leap', which would allow his
> character to gues or figure out just about any kind of
> information he might want to know.

Broad ability - definitely lots of improv penalties.  

> I don't want to bias comments on this, but would anyone care
> to suggest how they'd handle abilities such as these?

Hope this helps,

Jeff