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Old 12-12-2005, 11:20 AM
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Re: [RPG]: City of the Damned: New Orleans, reviewed by Ralph Dula (1/2)

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Originally Posted by BlackHat_Matt
For example in chapters four and five of the book there are stat blocks for a total of 15 vampires. Of those 15, 9 are missing their Attribute, Ability, Defense, Initiative, Health, and Speed scores!

This may actually have been deliberate; not all of the NPCs in setting books get full traits due to space constraints. This is true in Hunting Ground: Rockies as well; some of the characters have full traits, while the others just get Merits, Gifts, Renown and that sort of thing.
This is correct. There are three types of stat blocks: full, abbreviated, and non-combatant. The abbreviated ones are for those characters who can "scale" with the needs of the characters they oppose, or those who fulfill only certain roles in a story. If you're not going to ever be in a gunfight with Vampire X, we don't waste space on telling you his paltry Firearms score.

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Justin
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