Re: [HoE] Roller Derby

["Prodigal" <prodigal@ticnet.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Steflik <grifflik@stny.rr.com>
> Prodigal wrote:
>
> > I would make Skating it's own skill, with "rollerblades" and "ice
> > skates"
> > being the two main concentrations. I'd lump the Skating skill under
> > the same
> > stat used for driving.
>
> O.K. - "Drivin' - skates"...I could go with that.  Hmm...maybe I should
> ask about this before one of my darling posse members comes up with
> it...what about skateboards? Related or separate skill?

Actually, it would just be "Skating," rather than "Driving: Skates," at
least as far as my take on it would go. So we'd have "Skatin':
Rollerblades," "Skatin': Ice," and for the thrashers among us, "Skatin':
Skateboards."

To my way of thinking, skating simply involves a set of reflexes totally
divorced from those used in driving, or at least different enough that it
warrants another skill set.

> I can just see
> my Junker wanting to make one of those little gas powered boards (or
> even a hover board a la Back to the Future II or the much maligned
> Highlander II).  Hmmm....that sounds like a different category
> though...any thoughts?

If you decide that riding a skateboard is different enough from skating to
warrant its own skill, I'd lump it in with "Surfin'." *g*

> > I would make all "to-hit" rolls be something like 10 minus the user's
> > Skating skill when they're skating, and add a die type equal to their
> > normal
> > Pace to the damage. But maybe that's just me. *g*
>
> Hmm...interesting extension for a mechanic on B.D.'s thought.   I rather
> like it...

After the number of times I personally have found the effort to stay upright
preventing me from doing anything else while on skates, it seemed the most
natural way to handle things. *g*