LAST EDITED ON Aug-05-01 AT 02:19 AM (EDT)

>>>Earthdawn in the World of Insufficient Light.
>>>
>>>Um, pass.
>>
>>(snicker) Not a World of Darkness fan, I take it?
>>
>>Seriously, I can see why. I'm not really one either, except for
>>Hunter. Although I picked up the Exalted Limited Edition
>>last week, and the tone's not really the same. I might try
>>Earthdawn one of these days.
>
>...Hunter?
>
>You like Hunter?
>
>So you're the one buying all of that crap.
>
>(For those who don't quite grok the tone, I loathe
>Hunter. It's a game about ordinary people
>fighting supernatural beings... by gaining supernatural
>powers. And the game goes on and on about the
>high mortality rate among Hunters, but everything in it
>supports characters who live quite a long time. Ugh.
>I'd love to find The Hunters Hunted, but it
>doesn't look like it'll happen anytime soon. That was a
>game that got it right.)
>

I was going to give a smart-ass answer to that, but I was afraid it would be taken the wrong way, so I'll just answer it straight up instead.

I think I got into it mostly because I'm a Buffy/Angel fan, and because I had a chance to get in on the ground floor, so to speak. If there were a bunch of supplements and stuff already out when I discovered it, I probably never would have bothered.

But what makes you think characters could live a long time? Given the relative power levels involved, it's like guerilla warfare against the supernatural, and win or lose, guerilla warfare is an extremely unhealthy lifestyle.

Eric J. Heckathorn
ericjh@stargate.net