Re: New Campaign Questions

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 12:51:55 -0800

> Are you planning on revising the character writeups in
> SiR:Barbarian Adventures with this in mind? All but one of the
> 'leader' writeups in that book are Devotees of one kind or
> another, instead of Initiates.

They are pretty much by definition extraordinary characters... no change needed.

> > If the players have fun with that level of ability, then
> > great. If they feel constrained by it, then you may want to
> > "Fast Forward" a few years to give them better ability
> > ratings. The HeroQuest "Fast Forward" method is one Keyword
> > raised by 1/year of downtime.
>
> Oh dear; that doesn't jive with my ratings handed out to my
> players. I expect I should have given them keyword ratings of 16
> rather than 15, since "three years of normal life" would then be
> taken to raise them all to the standard level.
>
> Hmmm -- I'll think about giving them all that extra pip before we
> actually start play this week...

This is set as a rule of thumb, it's not a hard and fast rule. Slow down /Speed up your own rules as needed.