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− | == | + | ==describing abilities== |
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− | + | The things an ability "could represent" should be text a person making a character could copy or easily paraphrase as a description of his own character's abilities if he cannot think of anything better. | |
− | + | Acrobatics could represent balance-related talent or training, exceptional climbing talent or experience, natural aptitude or training that would help maneuver an obstacle course, and special powers or equipment that would compensate for a lack of any of these things. | |
− | + | Swimming could represent athletic aquatic talent or training, racial inborn aptitude for moving in water, and special equipment to help maneuver in water. | |
− | + | Flying could represent natural, magical, psychic or artificial means of flying through the air more-or-less unrestricted. This can include fantastic jumping and running abilities that seem to defy gravity. | |
− | + | Healing could represent elite first aid training, injections just as adrenaline or stimulants, magical health restoration powers, healing potions, or other fantastic ways of healing people during combat. | |
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− | + | Craftsmanship could represent mastery of high technology such as robotics or electrical engineering, more primitive forms of technology such as auto mechanics, metalworking or woodcarving, and any other technology related ability that could influence the abilities of other characters. | |
− | What if | + | ==balance between abilities== |
+ | The basic problem with Toughness is that up to about 6 hit points, Toughness is much more valuable than most other abilities. What if | ||
+ | *EVERYONE had 6 hit points? So what if hit points was 5+ toughness? | ||
+ | *instead of that, the ability was stamina rather than toughness, so that spending 3 CP would get you 6 toughness and therefore 6 hitpoints? (On a 1 to 10 scale, this would make our HP scale 2 to 20 instead of 1 to 10, making it rarely necessary to have more than 9 toughness.) | ||
− | + | Most of our ability levels are well-balanced. Increasing stalking ability, movement ability, craftsmanship or healing from level 1 to level 2 is worth about the same increasing an attack ability from level 1 to level 2. (Swimming levels might be a little underpowered.) | |
− | + | *Minions should only heal one health-state between encounters. So if a minion was incapacitated, he only has 1 HP at the beginning of the next encounter. If he was injured, he is only bare-healthy, and he only has full HP if he was still healthy at the end of his last encounter.--[[User:BFGalbraith|BFGalbraith]] 18:26, 5 June 2011 (UTC) | |
− | : | + | *We should reign in toughness by thinking beyond the individual encounter. For example suppose sorcerers in TDW automatically heal up to stamina + 1 between encounters. Then they can make a detection, craftsmanship or healing roll to regenerate themselves to full HP. (Note: toughness was not in that list.) If we want to be even more brutal, we can have the difficulty depend on... the amount of damage you have taken. --[[User:SerpLord|SerpLord]] 22:55, 2 June 2011 (UTC) |
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− | + | Having at least 1 level of certain abilities adds extra value. | |
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+ | *(~5 levels) your first attack ability doubles attack power when healthy | ||
+ | *(~5 levels) healing potentially heals several points of damage | ||
+ | *(~5 levels) non-flying characters can't hit flying characters with close range attacks when they evade or use a long range attack | ||
+ | *(~1 level) craftsmanship versatility | ||
+ | *(~1 level) your first stalking ability (surprise action) | ||
+ | *(~½ level) command ability intimidate action | ||
+ | *(~½ level) non-swimmers and long-range attacks can't hit character who use swimming to evade | ||
+ | *(0 levels) other movement aiblities | ||
==more realistic healing options== | ==more realistic healing options== | ||
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Note: the three main scratch projects right now (TDW, HoW, Squawk 2nd Ed.) are fantasy/sci-fi with lots of explanations for "unrealistic healing." IMHO this rule may be decided on in the not-near future.--[[User:BFGalbraith|BFGalbraith]] 14:31, 20 June 2011 (PDT) | Note: the three main scratch projects right now (TDW, HoW, Squawk 2nd Ed.) are fantasy/sci-fi with lots of explanations for "unrealistic healing." IMHO this rule may be decided on in the not-near future.--[[User:BFGalbraith|BFGalbraith]] 14:31, 20 June 2011 (PDT) | ||