Hi there.
I hope you don't mind me sending this here, as I'm not a member of the list.
You could say I was an "off-line" reader, as I only read the archived bundles
because of intermittent computer contact.
If I mention anything thats been covered recently please excuse me, I'm not up
to date yet.
Has anyone noticed the suspiciously fast wound recovery rates in T:TNE?
I may be reading it wrongly (if I am, shout at me and I'll be suitably
embarassed :-)), but it looks like a char. can be practically dead and then
a week later be up and running about again.
The rules seem to say that recovery from a single critical wound takes only
5 days without medical assistance. You can just hear it :-
A : "Hi, B, how are you?"
B : "Well, A, I was shot in the leg with a fusion gun and damn near bled to
death."
A : "Oh, I suppose you'll be laid up for a bit then."
B : "Nah, that was last week. Fancy a game of grav ball?"
I know that the short recovery times are good in a game sense (who wants to
roleplay 6 months of going to phsio. sessions?), but there should be some
way of making a seriously wounded characters pay for it a bit longer, perhaps
in the form of reduced strength or agility (dexterity, whatever). If anybody
has any ideas for curing (pun intended!) this then I'd be interested to know.
On T:TNE itself, I don't mind the rules revision (replacement, call it what
you will) but the whole background to it worries me. I didn't see the need
for the virus in the first place, it was just a plot device to get somewhere
which could have just as easily been reached some other way with less of a
mess. Has anybody worked out roughly how many sophonts were killed by the
whole virus thing? It must be in the trillions at least. Anyway, if the
Technical Architecture(?) book comes out soon and is in reasonable shape
then that will keep me happy.
What are people's favourite Trav. quotes/extracts? I'm writing a DOS program
which will give me a random Trav. quote whenever I ask for one. I'll need a
good few to keep it seeming fresh (especially if I decide to connect it to
the autoexec.bat so it gives me one every time I boot up). Anything up to about 10 lines long should be OK, whether from the rules,adventures, the PBEM game or whatever. If I get a good selection then I'll upload it the archives when its
finished for others to use (assuming it ever works, that is).
Finally, a cry for help. My computer access will be being removed permanently
at the end of September. Is there any kind soul in the UK who is prepared to
load the TML messages/bundles onto floppy and send them to me? All expenses
paid (disk, postage etc.), and if you're intimidating enough a (small(!))
payment for the time it takes? If somebody could then I'll be forever grateful.
Thanks for listening. If anyone is going to reply to me personally (even if
it's to shout at me for posting to the list when I'm not a member!) then don't
be surprised if an answer takes a few weeks. I HATE projects!!
Rob Day.