Various things

[Choinski, Burt]

> Scott Cohan [SMTP:scott.cohan at SSA.GOV]
> ||  Yes, I'm the one who did (and is still working on) the HERO
> Conversion.  Burt,
> ||  if you're still interested, I'd love to compare notes, etc.
>
> I haven't done much with the stuff you sent me. My biggest use would
> be to run the spells through HERO, figure out the point cost and
> energy cost for each "level", then determine a generic conversion
> formula to use from that data.
>
> ||  1) Incredible amounts of bookkeeping (which the GM ends up doing
> for everyone,
> ||  because he's most familiar with the rules)
>
> Perhaps you need a better grade of player :)
>
> ||  2) On one of the few occasions where I got to run a character, my
> Dwarven
> ||  Rune-master practiced his magical skills daily by enchanting his
> equipment.
> ||  (Bags of carrying, waterskins of carrying, etc.)  Eventually, you
> can become
> ||  quite, quite good at Permanent Magics with only the occassional
> mistake.
>
> I would put this under the heading of "training", perhaps giving 2
> points MAX per day.
>
> ||  process would require even more bookkeeping.  Although, if
> bookkeeping isn't a
> ||  problem, something I'd like to see is Forgetting skills.  If you
> haven't used
>
> Forgetting, while nice, is more trouble than its worth. (IMHO)
>    -- Burton