... Pretty well. Names used in other systems include Dexterity, Coordination, Quickness, etc Covers coordination, movement speed, gross and fine motor skills,...
palmer sez... 'Weapon Finesse - Use Dex instead of Str for To Hit with Light weapons. Now that is an interesting idea... I think I like it.' Brilliant idea...
blackbird sez... 'I see a lot of energy that could be going into the actual game being wasted by all sides; Palmer's reply looks like it took an hour or more...
palmer sez... 'Well my point is, if we don't know what Techniques DO, let alone what ratings they'll have, then we'll have no yardstick to build maneuvers up...
palmer sez... Well no, he doesn't just yet. This is a note to Palmer that unlike my normal posts this retitle *doesn't* mean I'm gonna flame you so bad your...
stevlawonyou sez... 'I kind of like a version notmousse’s idea combined with the template idea where each character develops their own style by using say 8...
blackbird sez... 'I have not only real life to deal with, but other projects, some of which could stand to make some money (and since I'm not about to charge...
blackbird sez... 'NotMousse earlier pointed the way to a good way to implement the Body/Mind/Soul idea -- make it an optional advantage, kind of like the...
palmer sez... 'His just does the math in advance and makes a nice chart.' I also made easy to implement formulae so you could design your own systems (was also...
ang.serr sez... 'We can easily grant narrative license over all the maneuvers and 'condense' them; that is: let's not make a separate version of every single...
palmer sez... 'I do like that approach for most everything. It helps you maintain balance, as well as coherence amongst different maneuvers. A more powerful...
... I like the idea that everyone starts out being pretty experienced, but nowhere near mastery. Not scrubs, not World Warriors. Like... a 2nd or 3rd Dan black...
... Honestly, I don't remember anyone saying it, but I like the idea. The closest I remember was my suggestion of making people choose one for each of the 3...
... The point was to be a bit more free form about it allowing the character to make as many or as few variations on the main style as they want. ... You're...
... Don't worry, I was a founder of (and still admin at) a forum with manners bad enough to make you look like a paragon of virtue. I'm quite fireproof. ... ...
... Maybe I should mention that I've been doing some reworking of the Anime D20 System Reference Document to make it a lot more freestyle in character...
... Just like I started earlier tonight, no less! ... I rest my case. ... I'm workin on it! ... Yes... they were necessary in order to *ahem* double wield...
... NM's system had a number of styles, with various levels. You could freely mix and match your levels amongst them to create variations. ====================...
blackbird sez... 'This does sound kind of overdone to me. But here's a question: How could we avoid having characters potential from attributes overshadow...
ang.serr sez... 'A standardization of ads and disads would be helpful. Easier to deal with, easier to throw everything in... We'll have to define the actual...
palmer sez... 'Compromise idea.' No sir, I don't like it. 'GURPS is one of the few systems I've seen get the general "points" thing right - the costs are...
palmer sez... 'Go me!' To jail! Straight to jail. Do not pass Go! 'Well, I can see that this system has no class.' Make that hell. Hee hee, Not am fun ny. ...
palmer sez... 'OK... 2 items have been settled by vote thusfar' Only till my bombvest is complete, then it's jihad time. ::puts on hammer pants:: 'We don't...
wrigglyhotdog69 sez... '-What does Athletics bring to the game/table that similar skills cannot duplicate? Acrobatics for those Chinese/Japanese styled...
palmer sez... 'Honestly, I don't remember anyone saying it, but I like the idea.' I just don't like the idea. 'Cheap Synthahol Guzzling, dammit!' Sure! ...
palmer sez... 'Don't worry, I was a founder of (and still admin at) a forum with manners bad enough to make you look like a paragon of virtue.' I'm not? Well,...
palmer sez... 'I'm workin on it!' Don't make me break out the gruntmeister 6000 on you! 'Yes... they were necessary in order to *ahem* double wield two-handed ...
Now I remember why I've been condensing replies to different things into a single message... While this isn't absolutely necessary, NotMousse, you're pretty...
elindor sez... 'Probably wouldn't take a huge stretch to be able to get it to behave well enough to be used for Thrash, either...' I agree that the anime and...
If I knew what the bloody Hell was going on (confused easily by masses of e-mail), I'd certainly be happy to post updates o.o [Non-text portions of this...