Re: [s-d] Re: [s-b] Vetoing (Daniel Lepage)

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The hope is that enough powers will be created that everyone can find 
something that suits them. The disadvantage to having a really awesome 
power is that you don't get to have any of the other really awesome 
powers.

In other words, you don't need downsides for balance if you make sure 
everyone has comparable upsides.

I've played a number of games of Rumble 
(<http://www.kevan.org/rumble>), and in my experience, powers that seem 
overly strong generally carry an implicit drawback in that everyone's 
afraid of you and wants to kill you quickly. People with powers like 
"Add 50 to each of your attacks" tend to die before this becomes a big 
issue.

OTOH, Rumble players bid starting health to get powers, so the most 
powerful ones tend to carry life hits when you start as well...

How about every player, upon dying, gets to choose a new set of powers 
and starts in the Front Hall with health equal to 20 minus the sum of 
the powers they chose? That way claiming a level 12 power leaves you in 
easy range of a Golem's single assault, while claiming Greed and 
Classism starts you at full health (and thus also gives you stat 
bonuses).

Also, maybe Health should be expanded to a large scale, like 1-90 
instead of 1-30.

--
Wonko

On Aug 8, 2005, at 8.13 PM, Dan Schmidt wrote:

> The missing "E" wasn't my only problem. The first
> person to post would get the most valuable power, the
> next person would get the second most valuable one,
> and so on until there were none left. I don't like the
> fact that most powers don't have any disanvantages.
> All the Classes have disanvantages. Shadow Golems for
> example, run the risk of losing their soul instantly
> should someone do 6+ damage to them. Priests can't use
> thier own Souls. But someone with one 12 cost of lower
> power has no disadvantages.
>
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