Orc In A Spacesuit on 11 May 2003 09:15:01 -0000


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From: "Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
I like the idea of including the Wheel of Time stuff, but I would rather keep it seperate from Jedi stuff. 
-Me too, but we don't have magic or Source or anything in that tack.-
Hmm... as I recall, being a Jedi wasn't something anyone could do. Same goes for being an Aes'Sedai. And a few other things. I have two seperate ideas:
First, let each person choose a different path. You can be a Jedi, OR be an Aes'Sedai, but not both. And maybe we could come up with other mutually exclusive things, that tend to be inborn. Mayve modify the Rumble rules, so only non-Jedi, non-Aes'Sedai, can be a Superhero?
-Well, then we need a whole system of Aes Sedai abilities. I'd love to see one. Would you like me to replace this prop with something else or call it Flawed so someone can propose such a system? Or can we rescind proposals yet?-
I'd like to see such a system as well. I would like it to be different from the Jedi system. Maybe give each Aes'Sedai semi-permanant ranks in each of the 5 areas, which show potential and are determined by gender, and then allow each person to train up levels, which determine current ability. Then allow players to do different things once they have the requisite level and rank in an area. Ooh, and lots of opportunity for teamwork would be good. I'd propose it myself, but I have a bit much on my table at the moment. I'd like to try to get my Races series of props finished, and only have so many hours in the day.
Another way of doing things would be to make being an Aes'Sedai, or a Jedi, or whatever, be something that you can purchase with a new currency, something like Character Creation Points, or something, that you get when you become a player and after each grid reset, and you have to repurchase with those points if you wish to keep your rank. That would make things accessible to everyone and fair, and yet maintain the idea that not all people in a population have these powers. 
-Not liking that as much. Game resets can come at inopportune times.
I'm meaning if we were to rework the whole game reset thing, and let anyone preserve what they had aquired over time with these Points, or, if they hadn't achieved too much, buy new stuff so they can catch up a little faster.
One thing that occurs to me, though... if you'll notice, most Jedi appear to be male.
But not all. I think that the males just tend to stand out more in the movies and such. Though of course it could favor males. Like color blindness.
All Aes Sedai are female - males who can use their power eventually go insane and kill people
Well, there's three ways to deal with that. The first is to use the fact that at the time given in the books, the male part of the Source is tainted, causing all the bad stuff. We can say that our Source isn't. Second, we can incorporate the madness into the game, causing males to have a Madness attribute that increases with power use, and causes the player to do random Bad Things. Third, we can say that the male players are already insane and out to kill others, and dealing with the Source won't change any of that. 


Gender does very little right now, so maybe it should be related to this.-
Gender should be very much related to Aes'Sedai, determing what -'angraels they can use in what way, and how powerful they tend to be in each of the 5 areas. Those areas are Fire, Water, Spirit, and two others, I believe. I remember that healing used Water and Spirit. 

Orc in a Spacesuit

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