Scrubs

gken1 · Post by **gken1** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 8:30 pm

i think this rule would help teams out that just got crushed their previous game.

teams may hire scrubs for free up to a limit to bring them up to 11 fieldable players before a game

scrub: MA 5
ST 3
AG 2
AV 6

basically they are just bodies to allow a team to field 11.

DesTroy · Post by **DesTroy** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 11:07 pm

Yeah, good idea, but if the scrubs earn SPP then what? Would the scrubs become permanent members of the team or be discarded after the game they were brought in for?

My take is that it's a good idea, but the scrubs should be treated as freebooters, that is, they leave the team after the game. If playing in a league, all the SPP these players gain are lost, so that the team gains no permanent advantage from taking on free players.

'Ed Basha' · Post by **'Ed Basha'** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:48 am

There was an optional rule about this...you could have a farm team...every game you could roll to see if you could bring a guy up from the minors...or you could grab one or two without rolling, but the had the equivalent of some temporary negatraits....things like not getting to keep their first five spp's or some lower stats until they had played a few games.

gken1 · Post by **gken1** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:54 am

yeah sorry i phrased it wrong then....they are temp players that are free-booted for free...that's what i meant. if they steal your mvp tough. and any spp's on them are lost.

when a team enters a game below 11 players there is just so much a chance for devastation.

'Ed Basha' · Post by **'Ed Basha'** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 4:12 am

it's a fairly good rule...and I think that you can freeboot any player you want with the existing rules, but that can be a little hard on the treasury

Bretter · Post by **Bretter** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 4:27 am

I think scrubs, if they really are just bodies, should be a little weaker. After all, if they go up one on one vs a actual lineman, I'd say that the regular liner would have an upper hand. Maybe say 5 2 2 6.

I do agree that they should definitely follow frebooter rules.

darthnoir · Post by **darthnoir** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 6:06 am

Reminds me of the "make weights" from the 2nd Ed. Freebooters book.

swilhelm73 · Post by **swilhelm73** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 6:15 am

I like the idea, but perhaps make the scrubs the same as their base race lineman, -1mv, -1ag, -1av?

Human 5 3 2 7
Skaven 6 3 2 6
Orc 4 3 2 8

etc

and also perhaps add bonehead as the scrubs really don't know what they are doing on the pitch...

duff · Post by **duff** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:13 am

I like the of making them race based. They wouldn't have to be temporary that way either. If they get say 10 SPP they can improve a stat toward their races lineman stat line. Once they get them all, they become a normal lineman, free except for the SPP they have soaked up.

BadMrMojo · Post by **BadMrMojo** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:49 am

duff wrote:I like the of making them race based...

Now I'm suddenly taken with the idea of an entire Scrub race. Their sole purpose in life - just like their futuristic relatives: the RedShirts - is to avoid their inevitable doom at the hands of something big and scary.

Special rule: No scrub is allowed to have a last name.