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Post by mao on Jul 9, 2019 18:11:05 GMT -5
I am going to start a short series of threads of some of my messing around w add'l stats. First up:Perception, the added stat I had the most success with.
Perception is rolled like any other stat and functions simply. A d20s rolled and must bee lower than the stat to perceive. More difficult rolls must be made to say perceive an invisible foe.
I used this for at least 5 years and was the first one I tried to use. I actually don't remember why I stopped using it.
NEXT:Luck
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Post by ripx187 on Jul 10, 2019 11:40:24 GMT -5
Perception was a optional stat in AD&D, but I did away with it. Typically I just use a d6 to see if anybody notices anything, but if somebody says that they are actually looking I tend to add the scores for their INT and WIS together then divide it by 2 and that is their target number.
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Post by mao on Jul 10, 2019 11:43:16 GMT -5
Perception was a optional stat in AD&D, but I did away with it. Typically I just use a d6 to see if anybody notices anything, but if somebody says that they are actually looking I tend to add the scores for their INT and WIS together then divide it by 2 and that is their target number. I had no idea they published this in AD&D. What was the source of it? |
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Post by ripx187 on Jul 10, 2019 22:57:57 GMT -5
I think that it was in "Unearthed Arcana", but I might be wrong. I know that they had one called Comliness, cause that was important! They tried to tell us what to imagine our character looking like too.
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Post by mao on Jul 11, 2019 9:46:59 GMT -5
I think that it was in "Unearthed Arcana", but I might be wrong. I know that they had one called Comliness, cause that was important! They tried to tell us what to imagine our character looking like too. I was not a big fan of that book, but prob it was in the back of my mind,. |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 12, 2019 15:48:28 GMT -5
I always think of Perception as being part of Wisdom. Wise people are more observant.
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Post by mao on Jul 12, 2019 16:33:40 GMT -5
I always think of Perception as being part of Wisdom. Wise people are more observant. most of the newer eds use wisdom, I never cared for that but if you stick to 6 stats it makes the most sense |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 16, 2019 15:05:50 GMT -5
I always think of Perception as being part of Wisdom. Wise people are more observant. most of the newer eds use wisdom, I never cared for that but if you stick to 6 stats it makes the most sense So if you were starting from bare dirt, what stats would you have for a roleplaying game and what would each one mean? |
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Post by mao on Jul 16, 2019 15:40:20 GMT -5
most of the newer eds use wisdom, I never cared for that but if you stick to 6 stats it makes the most sense So if you were starting from bare dirt, what stats would you have for a roleplaying game and what would each one mean? I would go w the big 6 plus Luck and Perception(as I have laid out) and maybe some versions of Sanity and Fatigue |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 16, 2019 16:13:25 GMT -5
So if you were starting from bare dirt, what stats would you have for a roleplaying game and what would each one mean? I would go w the big 6 plus Luck and Perception(as I have laid out) and maybe some versions of Sanity and Fatigue I would go with Strength, Constitution(Health) Brawn(Hit Points/?term?), Endurance Agility(Quickness), Dexterity Intelligence, Wisdom Charisma, Comeliness STR, BRN, END, CON, AGI, DEX, INT, WIS, CHA, COM |
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Post by mao on Jul 16, 2019 16:18:35 GMT -5
A better name for Brawn would be Gameness, it refers to how much damage an animal could take(I believe it i an English hunting term, would have been way better than HP)
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