On 08/05/99 12:29:45 you wrote:
>I think you've missed a major point here: the LightRaiders are not 
>assigned verses to memorize "on the spot." Ideally, each LightRaider 
>should have a LightRaider Handbook, which includes a list of all the 
>WordRunes needed in the basic set. This is why we sell it separately 
>on the web page--so that every LightRaider can have one. 
>I think all of the adventures which assign WRs to be memorized 
>always assign them way in advance of the time they are needed. That 
>way, the AM can make sure that he/she lets the LRs know that these 
>verses are being assigned for the players to work on before the next 
>time they meet to play DragonRaid. 
>In no way do we ever intend to communicate that WRs need to be 
>memorized on the spot. This is God's Word, and thus it should be 
>treated with reverence. Sadly, some LightRaiders come unprepared, 
>and thus try to memorize WRs during game time. When that happens 
>in my group, I am extra hard on those players--they better get *every 
>word* exactly right, or the WR has no effect. 

I agree.  The WordRunes are arrainged so that a LightRaider should be able to figure out which 
ones he can use, based on DL and SS, then go to those, and weed out the ones that require 
Character Strengths above him.  The list that remains are those he should be working on.  The 
list will change each time a Character Strength changes, but the list is managable.  
I even wrote a DBase program, when I was AMing at Akron, that printed out a list of all 
WordRunes the Character could use.  Then I passed them out each meeting.
Jack

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