Re: Level of Detail?

[jdc@taligent.com (Dave Croyle)]

>What do the others use for a level of detail in there MP game for the
>player character sheets?

 We used the character sheet as it was, slightly modified for specific
basic gear & additional skills. Other equipment was on it's own sheet.

>For example, a sample from my personal character sheet.  In my games, the
>project use Canadian Airborne cammo jump smocks (very simular to british,
>just a different cammo pattern)....This list all closly resenbabled the
>items I carried
>on myself when I served.  A typical PC handout sheet could be as big as 15
>sheets of paper.

 We had an unwritten rule that players had to determine where the character
carried their gear, but we didn't make them list the specific locations.
 We actually had one exception where we felt a player was being
unreasonable with what the character was carrying & how he had everything
handy all the time. Other than that people were good about determining what
went where when the wrote up the character's equipment.

>Now this stuff sounds alot of extra kit, but remember if you are separated
>from your webbing or pack, this stuff may save your life in the game.

 We figured minimal gear in pockets- MPID and some other stuff. Then the
necessities like ammo & minimal survival gear was in web gear, and all the
other stuff you could probably live without (for a while at least) went in
the pack. It's a very common method, and it works well. Then you never part
with your web gear while in the field without a darn good reason.
 I do basically the same thing with my Search & Rescue gear, although
instead of web gear I use a fanny pack.

> ....Radio codes and phrases on paper....

 Ugh! NEVER write those things down! Talk about asking for trouble. Unless
you want the players to have those written down so the PD *can* cause
trouble..... :)

 Dave

My MP site:
http://www.broadsword.com/mp/mpmain.shtml