[Torg] Any ever thought of or tried reversing/altering Torg'sMetapower vs Advancement struggle?

[Jeff Clough]

Travis James Hall wrote:
> If you want to limit how often you can use a meta-game ability, and you
> specifically don't want it to affect any other part of the game, just limit
> it. How limited do you want it to be? Three times a session? Everyone gets
> exactly three points per session. Once in a standard scene, thrice in a
> dramatic scene? Give one point per standard scene and three points per
> dramatic. If you don't want them saved up, don't allow them to be saved.
>   
I've tossed this idea around in my head, but I'm not 100% certain that 
simply handing out a reduced number of Possibilities adequately balances 
against their utility.  Unless the GM hands out so few as to make them 
largely irrelevant.  But hey, at least it's an option.
> Really? Then perhaps you would care to point out what your definitions
> really are, and how they don't lead into the sort of analysis I did. The
> only thing you cited as indicating success in your earlier message was
> expenditure of Possibilities, hence my suggestion as you what you should
> examine.
>
> Come on, let's have some real discussion, not just denial.
>   
Whoa, there, Tex.  The discussion I jumped in was a what-if session with 
the goal of brainstorming about ways this mechanic could function 
differently from core Torg, and not a debate over who's opinion is 
wrongeddy-wrong.  You like the way Torg handles this, whereas I don't.  
There's no way to *prove* that either of our subjective opinions are 
right or wrong, so that's not really a discussion that would accomplish 
anything.  I'm interested in hearing about different ideas, not 
defending my dislike for the current system or debating your approval of it.

So, again, without saying the mechanic in Torg today is objectively 
*wrong* in any way, does anyone else have an idea about how it could be 
done differently?

Jeff