Thus Spake Zargrabowski/AppearanceBasedCharms

g_c_grabowski - 02/25/2003 19:58:13 - raindog@white-wolf.com

>>>Using that argument I can argue that their should be no Dex charms becuase I don't want to hose a slow moving lizard exalt, and I could continue to use it with all attributes.<<<

Yes, and if that was the entire basis for the argument, it would be. But I specifically didn't want anyone hosed for choosing to play an ugly animal, not an ugly character. To take a hypothetical example, if Fair Folk had Charms based on their Attributes (they do not, this is an example) I wouldn't have any problems with them having Appearance- based Charms. But Lunars are not Fair Folk, and I didn't feel there were any particular powers that Lunars had that demanded a naturally high Appearance.

And to answer the ever-grumpy Jay, even if I thought there was something I had done wrong with Lunars, reversing myself would be the very worst decision I could make. It would alienate the not-inconsiderable number of people who are quite happy with Lunars as it stands, it would generate a lot of serious inconsistencies in the game world and in no way guarantee the approval of people who currently don't like it. I don't see how this would be a good design decision. I'm sorry you don't appreciate the Lunar viewpoint. I suspect you'll like Sidereals, and am not too sure about Abyssals.

Geoffrey C. Grabowski\\ Exalted Developer, WWGS\\ raindog@white-wolf.com