Re: AG: misc. ramblings

From: dsaville@unm.edu (David G. Saville)

Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 23:33:57 +0000

In article <3i8fr8$8jb@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, Ryu70 <ryu70@aol.com> wrote:
>
>scrolls can be read by any race as long as they have the language
>at the right level.  I'm pretty sure Hugh would not make scrolls
>specific for race as it would really mess up the balance of things.
>
     I disagree on this point.  I believe that race specific scrolls
would have prevented the abuses.  The problem with some scrolls is
that they effectively eliminated higher stat multiples in some
races (elves/halflings read earthy browns).  Once the higher multiples
were erased, the race's natural abilities did not have the disadvantage
of the higher multiples to balance them out.  In the case of
Earthy Browns, if they would have been limited to minos, there would
not have been a problem with them.  Some races, minos and HT's, could
use some sort of bonus in this regard.

Personally, I have always been an advocate for doing away
with all scrolls that increase stats, abilities, etc.  I would
rather the scrolls give hints, treasure maps and the like.

Dave