[Cainehill]

Originally posted by rabelais:
I think would be wonderful if one could set the "points to be spent" to other than 500 at game set up.

127 would be interesting as would 1000.

You could even include a faction-pick auction system, so less favored nations got a de facto bonus.

Would generally make pretender design less mechanical.

Also if you could set it to be human (10 point magic path) or immobile pretenders only. Just add some quirks to the process. "Oooh! A bootless Pretender game!"

Albeit - why can't the mage (and Allfather, and others) wear boots? I mean, I can sort of understand the freak lord - he loves the feel of his bare soles against the flesh and scales and fleas of his freak too much. But ... Most people riding a horse _do_ wear boots. That, or cute fuzzy carrion bunny slippers.

I suppose it's because some boots benefit the horse? Earth boots benefit the rider, but boots of speed, flying shoes, etc, give their benefit to what is nominally the steed.

Still....