Simple poll for betterment of Reploidickstan

[trueblaze]

The stats in this system aren't designed to be a here all say all. Their a reference, honestly I have no intention of adding a rewards/stat increase system.

The problem I have with a written system rather than a number is well, for example:

Two players post "is incredibly strong" as one of their strengths. Well, just what is "incredibly strong"? One might be referring to the fact their character can bench press two hundred pounds while the other means they can lift a semi truck over their head.

In truth, the idea of this system is that the numbers don't actually mean much. Like I said, it's a reference. If your arm wrestling with someone and your character has a 10 and he has a 14, odds are your going to lose, but not necessarily. If you have a 18 in aim and your opponent is trying to dodge but only has a 3 in dex, odds are you're going to hit, but not necessarily.

Like I said, the numbers have no specific meaning just a generalized comparison/reference between players. It's up to the player's RP skills to determine how they uses these abilities and what not.

Heck for example: When I had Bitmite appear, I planned on having him walk in, out stage Dewei in his own way, and then end out walking away with half of Dewei's students following him to learn target practice rather than martial arts. However, Dewei did a good enough job with his RP (plus I forgot about that whole illusion suit thing _{damn it}>.>) it ended up in a situation where I Bitmite ended up being shown up.


By the way what are those holes in which you speak? I wouldn't mind knowing (considering I pulled this system out of my butt in about three days >.>") and maybe some of them could be fixed.

[kehaul]

I'd tend to just stick with this system. The RP's started, and I'd prefer not to repeat the period of THH where players were more focused on the system. To the point several characters just stopped posting because the entire focus was on the system, which never had crucial problems to begin with. People had RP'd way back with the initial system just fine.

The current version we have is more friendly towards the past systems, essentially the same stat/armor/weapon system we're all used to; minus the stat pool. It offers more variety and places fewer limits.

Regardless of the lack of a stat/skill pool, the other system just exchanges a stat pool for 3x forte's, etc. It effectively limits the amount of skills and equipment a player can have, limits the open-ended creativity of characters, and even forces people to have three Forte's in the first place. I don't even have three of those.

We have a different kind of system that assumes players have the restraint not to abuse it. If that doesn't work (which it has, exceptionally well thus far), then an admin has the right to slap a character down for outright abusing it. Human running around without armor and 15con? *SMACK'd*. We've had overall far more marginal characters without a stat pool then any system with one. And it's not even that someone just has 15str, it's what that 15str translates into words as. Switch to a forte system and suddenly you have four near-identical characters with a forte in killing stuff, four near-identical characters with only a specialty in it, etc.

[Giltia RYS]

admin said:

Two players post is incredibly strong as one of their strengths. Well, just what is incredibly strong?

"Incredibly strong" is a man pulling an airplane with his abdomen.

Mariusz Pudzianowski INVENTED strong. We will be going with HIS definition, lest he come to your house and break you over his knee.

[Raeone]

grandmasterdewei said:

Well true, but then you lose the achivements. To me if there's no point in improving, or accomplishing and upgrading a character, why play?

For fun. Duh.

They can always improve. But not all improvement is physical; this will allow us to focus on social and personality development.

[Giltia RYS]

The accomplishment of upgrading a character is secondary to the accomplishment of kicking ass and taking names.

[trueblaze]

giltia said:

admin said:

Two players post is incredibly strong as one of their strengths. Well, just what is incredibly strong?

"Incredibly strong" is a man pulling an airplane with his abdomen.

Or maybe three Chinese guys pulling a trolley with their penis's...serriously I saw this show, kinda like Ripley's Believe it or not but for adults, on Sinamax a few years back showing three Chinese guys pulling a trolley UP HILL with their penis's.

[Raeone]

...holy crap, does that gotta hurt.

[trueblaze]

Shoulda seen the Middle Eastern guy who lifted a 50 lb cinder block with his >.>"

[kehaul]

I actually saw that second one. I'd feel sorry for the guy, but it's rather obvious that with a schlong like that, that he's well cared for enough already.

[Specter]

I need a GM to close the poll and lock the thread, for both this and the other one on my system, had a moment of clarity and know how to make Blaze's system better, with only a little twinking.