From: Burton Choinski (burt@ptltd.com)
Date: Thu 19 Aug 1993 - 18:34:18 EEST
David Cake replies...
%% PS Burton, I think your example of the RQ4 system adapted to RQ3 shows that
%% it works, certainly better than the old system. But I think allowing people
%% to add weapon skills together is asking for trouble, I would leave them as
%% is for skills within a template (ie not allow primitive hunter to add
%% missile attack to hand weapon attack) but maybe allow it between templates
%% (allow sailors sword skill to add to soldier sword skill), because I fear
%% that most players would choose to be too good at too few weapons. If I
%% start a campaign at low level, then weapon skill is the thing that is most
%% important to be low.
Hmm. You are right on that. I'll go with that. But when taking a new
template, Adding two equal levels bumps it up to the next higher (i.e.
learning 1H Sword 30% when you already have 1H Sword at 30% bumps you
to 1H Sword 45%.
If a skill is duplicated in a future template, and the gained skill is
less, you get no benefit. If it is greater, you take the higher value.
There is no adding of skills...that only applies to equal increases.
This rule should make it quick and fast. The "forgetting" of
I suggest also that age start at 14-16 (d3+13). Each level of a template
For example, Joe starts off with his raw PC at 15 years. He decides to take
Now, the actual age rolls could be tweaked. I based it on Master level,
easy/medium/hard skills upon generation streamlines it without really
losing anything, IMHO. After all, we are talking YEARS of "off-camera"
time.
details the aging, at 1d6+3 per level.
Initiate (level 1, 1d6+3 years), then spends some time to become an
Expert Merchant (level 3, 3d6+9 years). If he makes average rolls,
Joe will start the game at 41 years of age.
subtracting base age and dividing by 4. Perhaps initiate could be
just 1d3 per level (since it is so lacking in skills). Perhaps it could
be 1d6 for normal occupations.
-- Burton
0,,
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.7 : Sat 05 Jul 2003 - 20:28:51 EEST