I'm not suggesting new stats so much as outright replacing (or repurposing) the old ones. It's supposed to start from a clean slate.
The later examples were simply quantifiers to help describe what the numbers meant, which is important for a numerical based system. If I had three vitality, for example, what does that mean? How healthy is my character? What is the difference between having three vitality left vs a character who only had three vitality to begin with?
Also, if you're worried about space, you could probably throw them on the last page and redirect people to them. Stats like Strength, Intelligence or Wisdom don't really need much explaination beyond "pick a number off the list, scrub"
On the topic of informed attributes like "intelligence" or "charisma", it's true that they can only be expressed during the roleplay. I mean, if you ran this system, you could probably end up with such absurdities a rather rude horned toad who becomes a town mascot and gets all the (elven) girls simply because he has a charisma of 10. But this isn't reality, damn it. No self-insert protagonists here.
Keep in mind, I'm only suggesting this if you're only using your numbers to describe a character's status. At the end of the day though, go with what you feel comfortable with
because this totally isn't going on a save file for later anyway.
The later examples were simply quantifiers to help describe what the numbers meant, which is important for a numerical based system. If I had three vitality, for example, what does that mean? How healthy is my character? What is the difference between having three vitality left vs a character who only had three vitality to begin with?
Also, if you're worried about space, you could probably throw them on the last page and redirect people to them. Stats like Strength, Intelligence or Wisdom don't really need much explaination beyond "pick a number off the list, scrub"
On the topic of informed attributes like "intelligence" or "charisma", it's true that they can only be expressed during the roleplay. I mean, if you ran this system, you could probably end up with such absurdities a rather rude horned toad who becomes a town mascot and gets all the (elven) girls simply because he has a charisma of 10. But this isn't reality, damn it. No self-insert protagonists here.
Keep in mind, I'm only suggesting this if you're only using your numbers to describe a character's status. At the end of the day though, go with what you feel comfortable with
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22-Jan-2019 02:03:28 - Last edited on 22-Jan-2019 02:08:53 by Westenev
