Beginning Dice Pools

[Rex Fisher]

Hello wolf players and soon to be players:
We have instigated a new rule....
No dice pool for a beginning character in homid form, may be above nine dice (including gifts, merits, & fetish's.
Thanks-you that is all
game on!

[benime]

I totally have to agree. One thing I think has been happening is that as the number of dice goes up, the STs have to increase difficulties to compensate so that things are still challenging. Then, because the players build their skills to become more powerful, making a Diff-10 (-6 dice because of the system we use) check is easy because they've got over 7 dice (keep in mind, regardless of whether something is Diff-10, you still only need one success in most cases). I mean - they call it "successes" because you succeed, the only difference is how well. It's like a miniaturization of global economics. Inflation leads to thunderwyrms where there were fomor planned originally. Aiee!

[Alexander Faulkner]

See I do agree. I mean next thing we know a hoard of BSD's will show up and be wiped out by a single player with like 25 dice in Brawl. NOT COOL! Good show on the STs parts.

[wereastsarah]

It would only take me one BSD of not even higher than rank 3 to wipe out over half the caern...

...but I also just got done watching AVP.






Good thing I hate EC combat, eh?

[benime]

wereastsarah said:

It would only take me one BSD of not even higher than rank 3 to wipe out over half the caern...

...but I also just got done watching AVP.


Good thing I hate EC combat, eh?

Argh, there was not enough Alien-vs-Predator'ing going on in that movie for my tastes. And what was up with the Predators getting their asses handed to them? Damn it! If you can hand Ah-nuld his ass in a straight fight, then what else is there? ;D

Your offer to wipe out the caern with a Rank 3 BSD intrigues me. What would your attack plan be? I bet we'd surprise you.

[wereastsarah]

I'd tell you... but then I'd have to make a new one.

[benime]

Oh come on, whisper sweet murders in my ear. ;D

[Alexander Faulkner]

wereastsarah said:

It would only take me one BSD of not even higher than rank 3 to wipe out over half the caern...

...but I also just got done watching AVP.






Good thing I hate EC combat, eh?

Ok... so let me get this straight... We'd be the P's... It'd be the A... and then that leaves the V.... wait a minute... Where the hell is the V... That's the real trick...see she'd get us all with the V... It's a conspiracy, I tell you!

[Bridget MacClelland]

I think the V is us. Stuck between two warring BSD camps or something.

Ewww icky.

As for dice pools, I have to agree with the STs that this is a good move, generally. Starting characters should be just that--starting. If you have leftover XP from another character and think they should have some awesome dice pools, well... ask the STs for an exception.

But I wouldn't call that "starting" anyhow.