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

[Ricardo Gladwell]

On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 19:02 +0100, Samuel Penn 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.

You're right, not all the "attribute" skills could be restricted. You
could create common ones, such as the Athletics skill to represent
physical training and working out.

> 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.

As above, you could use the Charm skill

> Will Fringe characters begin as heroes already at the peek of their
> career, or as inexperienced newbies straight out of apprenticeship?

Inexperienced newbies, possibly with the option of starting with move
advanced characters at a later iteration.

Kind regards...

-- 
Ricardo Gladwell
President, Free RPG Community
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