[dq-rules] Sample rules coring

["John Rauchert" <john.rauchert@sait.ab.ca>]

Example of Rules Coring

Taking our starting point as 2nd Edition. I do not forsee any
substantive changes that we may want to consider until IV. Character
Generation.

I would not add any additional Primary Characteristics and would
consider them core.

Of the Secondary Characteristics/Optional characteristics  Fatigue and
Perception are core. 
TMR as a core quasi characteristic??

Physical Beauty is not core make it an optional plug-in to core under
Secondary Characteristics.  Add rules for creating other optional
characteristics (partly explained in [4.4] and [5.5]).

By definition plug-in optional characteristics can only have little or
no influence on the core system if ignored. The only places I can see
where PB effects the mechanical rules system is in the [18.3] Grievous
Injury Table (core), the Courtesan skill (non-core) and possibly the
Reaction Table as suggested in [4.4]. Changes need to be made in
entries 13 and 31-34  in Grievous Injury Table to read any PB
adjustments as optional. Use of PB is mandatory for courtesan skill.

So to create the Plug-In for Physical Beauty we extract the entry
[3.9], and the examples from [4.4] and [5.5] then list where this
characteristic impacts the rules system (Grievous Injury Table,
Reaction Table and Courtesan skill).

CORE SYSTEM                                 PLUG-INS

Primary Characteristics
|
|
Secondary/Optional Characteristics  ------ Optional Characteristic
Plug-In
                                           Physical Beauty


Comments?
JohnR