Re: [HoE] Junker/Armor ?

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

>I am going to say one last thing on this subject.....
>you asked for opinions, and rather than appricate the effort that
>various people have put into answering you, you pick their ideas apart
>and complain about the rules. (btw, have you ever tried designing a RPG?
>did you do better?)

I certainly appreciate the efforts of folks who have double-checked my 
calculations.  And as I noted, the Armor/Durability thing was intriguing, 
although I would need (and did ask for) more detail.

There was, of course, only one "rule" that I complained about.  I wasn't 
on-line here when the Junker SB came out, but I seemed to like it a bit more 
than many folks did, and have commented once or twice in support of them.  
Plus my review of it can be found at:

http://www.azraelonline.com

in the archive section.

Most of the ideas in question seem to involve either A) fiddling with the 
prices - Shane & Co. could say for sure, but I don't believe they created a 
form of barter-based economy just so that they could "hide" errors in 
pricing by saying "Oh, well just hike up the price."; B) penalizing the 
players under the misconception they are trying to abuse the rules; or C) 
adding more bookkeeping and die-rolling on to the existing system.

If anybody has suggestions outside of those three areas (which seem to be 
the three recurring ones whenever anyone points out _any_ potential problem 
with the existing rules), I'd be glad to hear them.  And, as with the 
Durability/Armor thing (if it doesn't wander off into C above), the few I've 
heard on this topic have been good.

There are other rules that I have asked questions about, but that shouldn't 
be construed as "complaining."

The Junkman Cometh is not a "RPG" in any case.  If you have any comments of 
mine where I have complained about the HoE RPG in general, or even a 
majority of the rules therein, please print them to support your comment.

My bibliography of works can be found at my web site.  If you're disputing 
my experience in the field, please free to point any errors that I have made 
in that regard.

Hope that clarifies things.


>I feel that you should change you name from "Worm Can Opener
>Extraordinare" to "Expert Picker of Nits"!
>well thats my opinion anyway.....
>-Steve
>
>"Shields!"


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Steve Crow

"Worm Can Opener Extraordinare"

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