[gurps] Mageborn versus Fighter discussion

[Dr Kromm]

On 22 Mar 2008 at 11:13, hal at buffnet.net wrote:  

> What the players can do depends not only on what the players
> themselves want to do, but also upon what the GM allows. 

Note that all I was effectively saying was that when discussing game-
system issues (problems, quirks, whatever) in a generic way, it doesn't 
make a much sense to use the assumptions of one GM in one campaign. An 
analysis of this kind is best done using the most plausible conditions 
that the *typical* gaming group would encounter. If you omit or house-
rule elements that you, personally, dislike, the resulting analysis is 
only valid within your campaign. That's fine in general, but not if the 
purpose of the discussion is to address a general issue with the game, 
and others are being asked to contribute.  

I mean, *I* can't imagine running a fantasy game that doesn't start at 
250-300 points, permit cinematic martial-arts abilities and powers as 
well as spells, and wave off detailed social concerns (the demographics 
of Magery, economics of enchantment, etc.) as "over-complex." Would you 
find that set of assumptions useful for analyzing the system? Probably 
not!  

That's really my only point here.  

SP.  

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