RE: [BNW] Hello - powers package concept - please do!

["Erik Kjerland (S&T Onsite)" <a-erikkj@microsoft.com>]

More useful speculation.  And I like "strands".

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Kilfoil [mailto:kilfoilm@nbnet.nb.ca]
Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 12:04 PM
To: bnw@gamerz.net
Subject: Re: [BNW] Hello - powers package concept - please do!


> No.  The package system as currently (minimally) described is a
> limitation.

> For example, maybe you want a hero with flying and heavy armor.  
> Maybe no package will offer that.  That's a limitation.

Hmmm... rereading Matt's brief, I guess I'm forced to admit the
possibility...

Actually, considering the other games (Deadlands and HoE), it
strikes me that it will likely be done with very strong "archetypes", 
which fit a particular "strand" (to use your DNA example) of
hero...