[freeroleplay] Re: Perception vs. Pragmatics

[Ricardo Gladwell]

On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 15:48 +0100, Samuel Penn wrote:
> On Thu, May 25, 2006 14:58, Ricardo Gladwell wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 13:18 +0100, Samuel Penn wrote:
> >> For something like Call of Cthulhu, where magic comes from dusty
> >> books, and requires little more than the correct incantation of
> >> a spell. Intelligence should be sufficient.
> >
> > As I recall CoC also has the Power trait which is used to power spells
> > and other supernatural effects.
> 
> Well, the Call of Cthulhu RPG does, but I'm talking setting.
> 
> The RPG also has Strength, Dexterity, Size, Appearance and
> Constitution attributes for the physical side, so I don't have
> a problem with CoC also splitting Intelligence, Education and
> Power (which are the mental stats).

That was just a small part of my point about magic and spiritual traits,
as well as a correction about the rules. When I hear CoC I think of the
RPG first and the setting later.

> If you want three stats, I'd consider Strength/Agility/Mind to
> be a much more useful split than Body/Mind/Soul.

I'm still not sure I see your point here but again, I refer you to my
remarks about rational vs. irrational magic and power balance wrt
spiritual traits.

Kind regards...

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Ricardo Gladwell
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