From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Doug
Meerschaert
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 3:16 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Open_Gaming] Rant #2
<< >From: John Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> OK, so at the very least a really big chunk is taken out.
>But how much of the rest is really applicable to modern espionage?
>Well, 22 of the Feats described are magic-based, as are 8 of the
>skills. 2 pages in the combat section deal solely with turning
>undead. In short, I stand by my assertion that $20 is a lot to
>pay for what the Players Handbook gives me for a modern espionage
>game.
Let's look at it from the other angle: how much WOULD You pay for the
relevant rules? How much could you sell a book with "only" the relevant
rules and still make a respecible profit? >>
And the big hope is that the cost is zero: they already HAVE the PHB, and so
it costs them nothing extra to use it for espionage gaming.
Martin L. Shoemaker
Emerald Software, Inc. -- Custom Software and UML Training
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www.EmeraldSoftwareInc.com
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