Oct 21, 2021, 7:26 PM

Hello folks,

I was thinking about the troubles we had a long time ago running a Wheel of Time MU* so I wanted to open the topic for debate here. It could be fun.

So here's the thing: Assume players can play both 'magic' users and warriors (anyone without magic!) in the same setting. It could be that you're basing your game on books or a TV show, like we did, maybe it's an original work, but ultimately you have a girl who can throw fireballs from her fingertips and a guy who wields sharp pieces of metal in his hand.

How do you balance these different characters? Do you balance them out?

What are the consequences either way? For example if (which is not necessarily a true assumption) most players gravitate towards 'wizards' because of their relative power levels you may end up with skewed demographics, assuming they're supposed to be rare for your setting. On the other hand hand-picking players eligible to play those rare types might lead to allegations of favoritism.

Thoughts?