Elf Sd-bonus

Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 15:40:47 -0500 From: Matt B To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: answers
>Well Ari and Val do have a porblem keeping their attention on the job at
>hand... We use the "sneaky elf option" Sd is minus for most things but
>plus for sneak/hide.

Our group took this a step or two further. This is part of our "Book-o-rules" Elven SD...

Firstly, when figuring secondary developement points for Elves, use the following formula

        ME + TOTAL SD/4+50-(RACIAL SD)
                        100

Secondly, when using the following skills, refer to the table to determine whether to use Positive or Negative racial SD:

Positive                    Negative
--------------              -------------------
Adrenal Moves               Control Lycanthropy
BDS                         Drug Tolerance
Caving                      Frenzy
Contortions                 Mnumonics
Crafting                    Rowing
Disguse                     Seppuku
Diving                      Surveillance
Exorcism                    Time/Temporal Displacement
Falsification               Ventriloquism
First Aid
Fletching
Holy Mantra
Hostile Environments
Hypnosis
Magical Focus
Meditation
Meditation Protection
Mimery
OC Combat Skills
OC Stealth Skills
Second Aid
Signalling
Skating
Skiing
Stalk/Hide
Stone Crafts
Stunned Maneuver
Surfing
Surgery
Tea Ceremony
Tightrope Walking
Tumbling

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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 03:11:23 -0500 From: rlmiller@chemdept.chem.ncsu.edu To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Elves

Elves and their self-discipline

The -20 to SD for elves seems to contradict many of the skills that elves are supposed to be good at, ie stalking, hiding, meditation, and etc. Which would make an elf a pretty bad candidate for a ranger. There have been several ideas on how to handle this and here is how my old GM used to handle the -20. The idea is that an elven character must decide upon a focus. This focus could not be trivial or too vague, ie I want to kill all the evil. A good focus for an elven ranger would to be to protect his homeland. This would allow the elven ranger to take his -20 SD and make it a +20 SD during the time that he is acting within his focus. A smart PC should be able to come up a focus that he would be able to operate within for many campaigns. Also the elven character can't be allowed to modify or change this focus without considerable cost mentally and physically.

my 2c.

russ miller
"do not meddle in the affairs of a GM for they are quick and not-so-subtle to anger"


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