[TML] The Perfect Character Design

[Tom B]

Sometimes it is because a particular convention is trademarked... (I
know of at least one example)....

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 7:51 PM, MJ Dougherty
<martin-j.dougherty at virgin.net> wrote:
>
>  > MJ Dougherty wrote:
>  >
>  >> I went with a vanilla flavour 'GM' for Translight. I'm not keen on
>  >> coining
>  >> special terms that often either sound lame or pretentious.
>  >
>  > A thought that should be applied more generally to RPGs. A lot of RPGs
>  > seem to create new mechanics just for the sake of being different. Dice
>  > rolling conventions are particular offenders -- if you're going to come
>  > up with a new way of rolling dice, you really need to (a) know why
>  > you're doing it, and (b) do the math on how it affects play.
>  >
>
>  Funny you should mention that...
>
>
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