Re: Community Support funkiness

From: Nick_at_...
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 08:36:28 -0000


David Cake wrote:
>> When the Lunar Empire or Kralori Empire puts its weight behind
>> something, it can generate community support from MILLIONS of
>> worshippers. I want a system robust enough to cope with this.

> Hence the logarithmic nature of the table.

Yep. And hence (conversely) the inappropriateness of suggesting a flat bonus per # of supporters, such as Michael proposed at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hw-rules/message/8831

> Personally, I think it should be just purely logarithmic, rather
> than sort of arithmetic at the start.

Yep.

> I like this idea. Its much more straightforward than the
> multiple charts that combine in some weird way of the current
> system, which is far from clear how to use even if you make
> the sanity checks against throwing people down the well.

Thank you. I think the bizarre complexity and counter-intuitive implications of the rule as published are the single biggest strike against it.

>>> Or do you think Jar-Eel is *always* accompanied on
>>> HeroQuests by *every* Lunar Disciple who thinks she
>>> is a Good Thing?

>> Perhaps not accompanied, but certainly given Extraordinary Support.

> You don't think, somewhere in the entire Empire, there might be
> quite a few Lunar Disciples who have other things to worry about?

Nicely put. I agree.

Cheers, Nick

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