Difference between revisions of "Rules talk:Sororas Draconis"

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I'm not sure that the disadvantages necessarily balance out against Excellent bias just yet. Also, "1.5x less PL than starting" is kind of awkwardly written. I'd personally just say that they start with two-thirds the normal starting PL or something. Tiryst 05:06, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

*rewords the PL penalty* As for the template being balanced, there are a few things I want to tweek a bit, though none of them will overhaul it in a major way. These include a specific 'chart' for elemental weakness as they apply specifically to this minor race, and a little blurb to make playing them a bit more restrictive in some ways. For example, if I see someone make a character using this template and then the only RP I see from the character is adventures in mainland D'hennex that have nothing to do with hunting dragons, I will be quick to pull they 'you're a gay' card and take the necessary steps to correct the discrepancy.

I personally consider starting with 1,000 PL to be a fair trade-off for Excellent bias when the other weaknesses are factored in, mainly because character builds are defined by their first couple of techniques. A PL of only 1,000, even with Excellent bias, will not allow for characters to load tons of techniques into a build and then still start competitive. It will require using a select few to begin with a PL of even over 500. Consider Al's AIs; EMP damage, lack of epiphany, and a reduced gain percentage were all that offset an excellent bias. EMP sensitivity is (and was, in at least two AIs played in the room) easily countered with excellent bias, the lack of an epiphany is negligible, and I have an AI with 4% gains that still started with about 800 PL because the enhanced gain CT was not barred to the race or saddled with a bias increase. That said, a few other ideas I have are...

Write in that racial weaknesses in the form of increased damage are not circumventable via techniques.

Formulate a way to direct that techniques be written with a specific end that conforms to the central theme of dragon-slaying (I'm not to excited about this one given how quickly it can become complicated, but the idea is there).

Restrict the use of this race to only people that I like, which make up roughly 2.2% of the room's players, thereby reducing the potential for abuse by limiting the number in play.

If you have any other suggestions, I'm open to hearing them too. --Snackycakes 07:04, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm glad that an elemental description of some sort will be worked out. I saw the comment about alignment to elements and just kind of went "what?" though I figured you were still adding stuff. I'd also like to note that the AI minor race is stupid. :)

I would certainly like to see a flat-out inability to negate their increased-damage weakness, though it is sad that it needs to be written out explicitly (much as i hate how EMP sensitivity is allowed to be overcome through techniques). Honestly though the race doesn't seem TOO unbalanced at the moment. I'll wait to see what else you do with the elements and such and comment again later. Tiryst 07:24, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

This race appears to lack sponsorship. It needs at least two recorded sponsors as described under Rules:Minor Races before it can be considered for approval. --Ice 05:40, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

My bad, I thought you had to put it up and THEN get sponsors. I've already got two people (Kim and Marcus) who say they'll vouch for the race. I'll get them to sign off on it the next time I see them. --Snackycakes 07:04, 25 May 2008 (UTC)