Re: What?!

[Steve Ames <steve@ns1.cioe.com>]

> Perhaps I missed an errada but my manual still has that Hirudo are 
> for ACTORS only due to game inbalancing.  

Perhaps I missed something. We had a GM meeting at Dan's house
several months ago where we boted on several topics (hirudo as
player characters, material bonuses for weapons, etc...). The vote
was a very definitive Hirudo are ok as player characters if the rules
are changed as per the writeup I mailed around. My memory may be
shoddy but I remember Dan saying at the time something similar
to "with those changes I don't have a problem with that".

> If I missed an errada, then I will try to update my manual as soon 
> as possible.  If, however, this change has not been made (or at least 
> formalized campaign wide), then how is it that players have Hirudo 
> characters?  Or do some rules only apply to some people and not 
> others?  

There have been several Hirudo in play. Eric Starky played one in the
Sylvan Isles for quite a while. My adventurer spent several real months
tracking down a Hirudo and convincing it to make me one, Dan ran the
game where it happened. Sean McLane played a Hirudo for a while and I
think most recently Preston Wiley played a Hirudo when my Hirudo character
cast ordination.

You _CANNOT_ start as a Hirudo. The above people are really the only
people I know that sought to be come Hirudo and succeeded. Hirudo 
spells are always purchased at base 900 and they are not even a bit
unbalancing anymore. Read the new errata. Despite Andy's claim to there
only being one change there are at least a dozen.

						-Steve