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

[Troy Truchon]

On 6/27/06, Samuel Penn <sam at glendale.org.uk> wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 27 June 2006 16:20, Ricardo Gladwell wrote:
> > As an aside, I did come up with an idea to do away with attribute
> > advancement. From a personal perspective it doesn't seem to make sense
> > to me that you can increase what are supposed to be innate
> > characteristics.
>
> This means a 16 year old wimp can't go on a 10 year body building
> course and come out of it an olympic weightlifter.
>
> A 16 year old geek with no empathy or social skills can't be turned
> into a charming salesman after many years of having to interact
> with the real world.
>
> 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.

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