Re: Odyssey: Were-races

From: desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)

Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Michael Minnotte <minnotte@stat0.stat.rice.edu> writes:
> Has anyone had any experience with the were-races in Odyssey yet?  What
> are they like?

No one has posted anything so I'll post what I have from the first
playtest.  Of course changes could have been made since then (but all of
the civilized races seem to be unchanged, so I would expect the were
races aren't changed either).

I made many of my characters Lycanthropes and then changed them to the
various possible races.  The following table gives the results.  Note
that I never determined the movement rates (but why would anyone not
have a mount?).

When you change to a new race, the effect on your stats is just to add
the difference between the starting characteristic of your new race, and
of your old race, to each characteristic.  (The Lycanthrope status
itself gave +4 brawn, +2 grit, +4 mobility, +1 interaction, +1 luck,
+300 stealth, +100 melee, and spells s116-s120.  The effects of changing
to a new race would be in addition to that, if you do it via the
Lycanthrope status.)

> I'm particularly interested in weretiger, as my allies and I have a
> striped mirror we want to go to the correct character, but I'm
> interested in any of the races.

A warlock or necromancer could benefit from the +1000 mental, but might
lose a few points of intellect or wisdom.  Of course a druid could use
the +1300 forms, but druids would generally prefer Wereboar if you have
the choice.  (Of course, if you're using an item, you don't.)

David desJardins

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Other Races' Starting Characteristics
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Name            Troll   W'rat   W'wolf  W'boar  W'bear  W'tigr
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Attributes
brawn             20      18      18      18      25      20
grit              19      18      18      25      18      20
intellect         11      15      15      15      15      15
wisdom            15      15      15      15      15      15
mobility          12      18      25      18      18      20
cunning           15      25      18      18      18      20
interaction       13      15      15      15      15      15
luck              15      15      15      15      15      15

Abilities
leadership        50     100     100     100     100     100
tactics            0       0       0       0       0       0
stealth           50     500     500     500     500     500
harmony          100       0       0       0       0       0
melee            400     500     500     500     500     500
arcane            50       0       0       0       0       0
diplomacy        100       0       0       0       0       0
learning          50     100     100     100     100     100

Affinities
spirit             0       0   +1000       0       0       0
mental          -200       0       0       0       0   +1000
force           +100       0       0       0   +1000       0
therm           +100       0       0   +1000       0       0
toxin              0   +1000       0       0       0       0
forms              0   +1300   +1300   +1300   +1300   +1300

Melee Effectiveness
hand             300     500     800    1200    1000     500
range              0     500       0       0       0       0
defense            0     500     800     300     500    1000

Movement and Health Points
movement          10      ??      ??      ??      ??      ??
hp               200     110     150     200     250     200
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References

Odyssey: Were-races
minnotte@stat0.stat.rice.edu (Michael Minnotte)
Wed, 03 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000