[freeroleplay] Attribute Advancement (was [Fringe] New Mechanic)

[Troy Truchon]

On 6/28/06, Ricardo Gladwell <president at freeroleplay.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 14:13 -0700, Troy Truchon wrote:
> > On 6/27/06, Samuel Penn <sam at glendale.org.uk> wrote:
> > > Will Fringe characters begin as heroes already at the peek of their
> > > career, or as inexperienced newbies straight out of apprenticeship?
> >
> > Yeah that problem bothers me too. I was 460 or so pounds with dingy
> > dark hair and no social skils a year ago, then I lost a couple hundred
> > pounds and became much more social when I spent a year in SF. If I can
> > do that imagine how a hero might change in those years.
>
> Those changes are still possible but rather than modelling them by
> increasing basic attributes, they are modelled with "core" skill
> increases. So, to use your personal example above (if you don't mind :),
> you increased your Athletics and Charm skills, but your basic physical
> and social attributes remain the same. See my reply to Sam for more
> details.

While I agree that we all have limits wouldn't it be easier to model
this by just using limits rather than creating an entire seperate set
of skills?

> Kind regards...
>
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> Ricardo Gladwell
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Troy J. Truchon
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