>From: [email removed]
>Subject: Re: Books, Loren Wiseman and skills
>Skill level Examples of use
> 6 No-one's ever this good (unless your characters are level 5
> sharp-shooters, in which case the arch bad-guys will always
> be level 6). Can teach others to make a Gauss rifle as per 5.
> Can pick-off enemy eye-balls at 500 km with eyes closed.
> Can ruin a gnat's prospects of a fulfilling sex-life at up to
> 500 metres. Barns give up and surrender en-masse.
I wouldn't go so far as to say no PCs should ever reach level 5, 6, or even
7 or higher. Keep in mind that, with very very rare exception, people that
good fall into two categories:
a) very old and experienced (limitations due to age)
b) very young and "hot"
The "hot" youngsters will likely be taking risks left and right because
95% of the time they CAN barrel roll the ungainly freighter and get
on the fighter's tail. That 5% of the time they mess up, though,
they'll probably leave pieces of freighter all over the sky, with
the confused enemy fighter wondering what happened. If you game
often enough, the really good who play "hot" will self-limit their
usefulness by killing themselves. A few players are smart enough
to avoid that, but not most.
If not... well, there seems to be this effect in the universe which
brings equally strong opponents together to challenge one another
to find out whos the best....
- -george william herbert
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