momento Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Hello all, I have been doing Aberrant (playing not storytelling) for a while and only just now have strengths and weaknesses have begun to filter through into the game. So I have started to look at the strengths/weaknesses section in the players guide. Is it me or is the listings and situations in the book limited, not very well covered and needlessly complicated so only minimaxers can use it to it's full affect? Wouldn't a more comprehensive merits flaws style be more easier? Please forgive me if it is a very simple system and I don't understand it, I am a very simple person. (Do like extras through) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugin Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 No, you're right. The strengths and weaknesses section was exceedingly poor in quality. Far to much is left to guesstimation which only encourages abuse of the system.I far prefer a much more cohesive structure to a gaming system. You can then roleplay and add flavor as much as you want. You then have a stable game mechanic to work with and the style of the game is up to you. With a crappy mechanic you have to spend too much energy on trying to create a stable base on which to play your game. It encourages muchkinism and out of control games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashnod Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Speaking of the APG, where the hell is the "FULL SKINNY ON THE N! NETWORK" that was promised on the back cover???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugin Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 What, are you accusing WW of an editing error?Heretic!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David 'Dr. Troll' Smith Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 They had N!'s two top nova camera people.Even if they are independants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashnod Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Yeah, but that's the skinny on the camera people, not the network itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphere Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 I wouldn't mind seeing a more comprehensive list of Strengths and Weaknesses for all the powers. My Players are on the cusp of plunging down the slippery slope into munchkin-ism and minimaxing with these things.Strength and Weaknesses are fair enough if used to add a touch of uniqueness to one or two of a Nova's powers. It's just when everyone starts using them to get "kewl" powers that it aggravates me (and not in that good "lupine's claws" kind of way).I'm not too bothered about the lack of features on N! in the Player's Guide though. To be honest there's enough stuff throughout the books to give you some idea on how N! works. Maybe it would have made a better minibook than Fear and Loathing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David 'Dr. Troll' Smith Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 Strengths and Weaknesses was one of the more poorly put together areas.It is obvious to see what they meant, and it is also obvious how to break the rules with that stuff.A -2 weakness does not balance Dominate+Perm (or Node Spark + Perm) and we could go on from there.My advice, if it looks broken or unbalanced, then it probably is. Get used to saying "No". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby1024 Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 I prefer not to use it, and if I do use it, I generally only use Strengths. Weaknesses are just too much of a headache.As for the N! Prime Skinny, I think it was supposed to be a Skinny on the Opnet itself, not N!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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