Re: [WW] Just played a trial game...

[PdLaCara@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/4/2001 2:14:53 AM, you wrote:

<<In honor of the three day weekend, I got some friends together for a WW 
one-shot. Basic plot:>>

<snip snip snip snip snip>

That sounded like a cool adventure. That sounds like the kind of adventure I 
would run. Mind if I borrow a few ideas?

<<Thoughts:
Good use of the D20 system. Some thoughts/comments, and here I'm 
specifically looking for problems:

a)There really needs to be more 'background skills'. Most grunts, scouts, 
medics, etc, had lives before the army, unlike D&D classes where you are 
assumed to have apprenticed in your chosen class. Perhaps allowing all PCs 
a single level of Expert to represent their civilian life?>>

Keep in mind that these characters are most likely going to be young kids 
who've been drafted right out of high school. They aren't going to have a lot 
of background skills.

<<b)More rifle and modern-combat oriented feats are needed. Most of the PHB 
feats assume a melee-intensive environment.

c)Low AC+2d8 damage means initiative is very important -- against first 
level characters, the first shot is usually fatal and very likely to hit.

d)I hope this game is succesful. I think there's a lot of room for 
expansion/detail, and I'd like to see it evolve beyond the core rulebook.>>

Hear hear.


<<e)More low-level critters! I know it's not a monster-hunting game, but 
low-CR horrors would be nice.
>>
Low CR critters are always nice. I always like to start people out at 1st 
level. High levels loose some flavor otherwise. I always had problems making 
them live that long in 2nd edition, but in 3rd they level pretty quickly. 
That's good. Assuming a bit of luck they can get through the first couple of 
levels with only a few casualties, and then they can get by on skill. Still, 
low level monsters are fun, and making the pcs enjoy those first crucial 
levels would be easier that way.

Peter
"Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can participate in. Next 
to soccer."
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