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Re: [rpg-create] Re: reasonable system?

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klaus_ae_mogensen wrote:
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> The problem here is that the average number of successes is equal to attribute
_times_ skill, so you are going to penalize characters with high attribute / low
skill or high skill / low attribute vs. those that are mediocre in both.
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ups, you're right about that.

means that the difficulty progression needs also to be non-linear,
and adding attribute to the dicepool should balance the rest.

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fredo
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hi! i'm creating a new system for a fantasy setting and i'd like to get some feedback about the resolution method early on. basically the system uses...	alfredreibenschuh alfredreiben...	Jul 13, 2009 2:45 pm
... This is very similar to a system I have been considering, except I roll attribute dice versus skill target number (this allows open-ended attributes, which...	klaus_ae_mogensen klaus_ae_mog...	Jul 13, 2009 3:44 pm
... i'm considering that a player may only roll if under stress/combat/complications else * if the difficulty is equal or less of both attribute and skill, the...	alfredreibenschuh alfredreiben...	Jul 15, 2009 4:48 am
... The problem here is that the average number of successes is equal to attribute _times_ skill, so you are going to penalize characters with high attribute /...	klaus_ae_mogensen klaus_ae_mog...	Jul 15, 2009 9:17 am
... Hash: SHA256 ... ups, you're right about that. means that the difficulty progression needs also to be non-linear, and adding attribute to the dicepool...	Alfred Reibenschuh alfredreiben...	Jul 15, 2009 9:43 pm
... Hash: SHA256 ... lets compare that to SR4: character with attribute 4, skill 4 at difficulty 2: my system has 68,75%; sr4 gives 80,5% at difficulty 3: my...	Alfred Reibenschuh alfredreiben...	Jul 15, 2009 4:49 am

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