Re: What?!

[Wright Frazier <khelek@ns1.cioe.com>]

Quite correct Steve on all points.  At the vote they were okayed
for local campaign use by an overwelming majority and Dan okayed
them for local campaign use.  

You also forgot that Kevin Collins played one.


Wright

> > 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
>