>> The balance is that Eurmal plays tricks on his disciples. I don't
>> think Eurmali make very good PCs unless the player is willing to
>> play for the story rather than to succeed.
>
>Which is what most HQ players are doing, isn't it? That's what the
>systems good at, almost what it's about.
Once they're got the hang of it, yes. I think a lot of players new to the system are looking for ways of winning. A narrator worrying about "balance" indicates that to my mind. Eurmali are the most blatent of the unbalanced characters but I suspect the same is true of some of the Lunar magicians.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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