[Torg] shrinking

[Tommy Tanaka]

2008/6/8 Mark Freeman <crabshtick at hotmail.com>:

>
>           ive been trawling through the pulp powers and making adjustments
> on possibility costs. all the powers range in cost from 2-5 except 3 of
> them. illusion which costs 6 and detect magic which costs 1. however
> shrinking costs a massive 12!! this has got to be a mistake right? i mean
> growth only costs 5. i cant believe that for being 2 inches tall with a +5
> dex and an additional +5 stealth with the drawbacks of -5 strength and
> toughness that this power should cost this much. any thoughts?
>
>                 cheers, mark.
>
>              p.s.  ive written this from memory so if im a little out on
> the exact plusses/ minuses please forgive me.
>
>
I could be wrong on this, as I don't have access to my books to cite chapter
and verse, but I believe the rationale was that Shrinking was
extraordinarily rare in Pulp stories, mostly relegated to plot devices like
the villain's "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" shrink ray. Basically the same
approach GURPS briefly took with advantages, basing the cost on rarity
rather than utility. Somewhat related to the (probably after the fact)
explanation that the reason Super-Attributes cost more than attribute
packages in other Cosms is that players have more freedom in how many points
they buy and how they're distributed.

-Tommy
-- 
Marching to the beat of my own horn.
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