[PnP] META: chgame(docutementation) design

[Monster Jam]

 Some Powers & Perils talk:
As a teenager, I found character creation sometimes confusing, and other times overly burdensome especially where ability advancement was concerned.  It was written easy enough or me to essentially houserule abilities to be at maximum at the start of play such that you never increased them in play.  Instead, you focused on increasing Experience Levels, Skill Levels and acquiring magic items.
I've got:
Two complete Boxed sets of P&PThe Book of TablesThe Tower of the DeadPerilous LandsA complete photocopied set of P&P rulesTerrible (but memorable) home-brewed adventures
...and a stack of dead character sheets including the most popular:
Chet "the steel" FistS    76St   48D    64A    49I    20W  12  E    11Em   9C    90Ap   51Mana Level 5
MDV 5Age 24Station 1Height 6'7"Weight 243 lbsHP 54CEL 6OCV 12DCV 11Skills: Donaran 80, City Survival 5, Rhetoric 5, Hand to Hand 12, Great Sword 7, Swimming 1, Sign Language 1, (Unintelligible) 30.Special Attribute: Able to communicate with dogs as a language.Equipment: Sandals, Robe, Belt, Great Sword 
Killed a bunch of giants. Died falling off a cliff. Cheers!Tom in Las Vegas

    On Tuesday, July 9, 2019, 04:23:24 PM PDT, Thomas O. Magann Jr. <tmagann at earthlink.net> wrote:  
 
 Well, for my part, when you use examples for a game I'm less than familiar with and t hat isn't what this list is designed for, I don't really follow it, and I wonder why it's here.
But that's just me. I'm on this list for Powers and Perils matters, not Pathfinder matters, and I really don't are what issues Piazo has with their books and rule sets. 

I wouldn't mind seeing someone post something P&P to the P&P list, however. It's been awhile.


-----Original Message-----
From: Hsingai Altaica 
Sent: Jul 9, 2019 10:50 AM
To: The Powers and Perils Mailing List 
Subject: Re: [PnP] META: chgame(docutementation) design

Richard wasn't a crappy writer.  :)  Unfortunately he's not with us so we have to learn from the mistakes of others.
--- It is with books as with the fire in our hearths; we go to a neighbor to get the embers and light it when we return home, pass it on to others, and it belongs to everyone. 

    On Tuesday, July 9, 2019, 12:33:16 PM CDT, Thomas O. Magann Jr. <tmagann at earthlink.net> wrote:  
 
 but for a P&P list you could possibly find P&P examples?


-----Original Message-----
From: Hsingai Altaica 
Sent: Jul 8, 2019 7:38 PM
To: "Thomas O. Magann Jr." 
Subject: Re: [PnP] META: game(docutementation) design

It's about how to write rules. hence the Meta tag.
And the example is from Pathfinder.
--- It is with books as with the fire in our hearths; we go to a neighbor to get the embers and light it when we return home, pass it on to others, and it belongs to everyone. 

    On Sunday, July 7, 2019, 10:38:01 AM CDT, Thomas O. Magann Jr. <tmagann at earthlink.net> wrote:  
 
 I'm thinking this was sent to the wrong list?  Seems to be about D&D not P&P. Edition 3.5, I think.,
And hasn't fireball always been 3rd level? Since the ORIGINAL original boxed set back in '74


-----Original Message-----
From: Hsingai Altaica 
Sent: Jul 7, 2019 12:10 AM
To: pnp at list.powersandperils.org
Subject: [PnP] META: game(docutementation) design

Since I don't trust anyone else to behave like reasonable adults I thought I'd share my thoughts here
THe errata should be the final say on the rules and have all contradictions to the Rule Books. then Rule Books and finally to clear up ambiguities the FAQ.
 "Benefit: Pick one spell when you choose this trait. When you apply metamagic feats to this spell that add at least 1 level to the spell, treat its actual level as 1 lower for determining the spell’s final adjusted level."
THis wording has the affordance that Usually metamagic can't lower a spells adjusted level below it's actual level

THeir FAQ states:"Magical Lineage (trait): Can I use this trait to adjust a spell's effective level below the unmodified spell's original level?


No. For example, it won't allow you to alter a wizard's fireball into 2nd-level spell." But the trait says that the original level of a wizard's fireball spell is 2 BEFORE being modified.



  
  
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