Re: Stacking Magic - and mundane abilities?

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:59:47 -0800

> Now this isn't such a terrible problem - I adjust the villains as
> needed. My problem is that the story comes to a screeching halt while
> they scour their character sheets looking for another +1 augment. I may
> need to become a bit more discriminating about what abilities I allow as
> "always on" auto-augments.

> Prep time lasts fifteen
> minutes for a five minute contest. This raises tedium to the level of
> Olympic sport. <laugh>

Well, you could always give the *players* a time limit - "Okay, you guys are facing these Lunar scouts. You have two minutes to write down your augments for this fight. ... Okay, Time's up. What have you got?"

You could vary the time alloted according to the Fear factor of the opponents - "It's only three trollkin, take five minutes." "It's Tyrannosaurus Broo and the Leaping Ickies, you have 30 seconds. Go! Go! Go!"

RR
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