While I agree that putting "average" nearer to the player minimum than to the player maximum is a great idea, I disagree that putting the minimum at 1 was a good idea. Dicepool systems break down at very low dicepool sizes, and starting with 1 die is literally the actual minimum and wears all the wackiness of the mechanic at low numbers on its sleeve. I think it would be a lot better if the minimum was 3 or 4. But of course, the number on an average bystander would still be just one higher than that, while near super human levels would come in at +6.Zaranthan wrote:I think Shadowrun 4 actually got something right here: the minimum stat was 1 and the "human average" stat was 2, while stats above 7 were basically Lala Land.
It was mechanically necessary to get the stat that handled all clue finding, ambush spotting, detective work, and computer repair into pieces. For fuck's sake, it was a Cyberpunk game, that list is almost everything you do! But I think that mechanical need is filled by splitting it into Intelligence and Perception.Whipstitch wrote:Yeah, that trend was pretty easy to spot as a Shadowrun fanboy given the whole business of splitting Intelligence and Quickness into Logic/Intuition and Reaction/Agility. Now obviously the primary justification was due to game balance reasons, but the sort of discussions you're talking about were always part of the background noise.
That is an absolutely terrible idea. In a game where you have Master Passions, your "Instinct" would be to fly into a rage or lose yourself in despair or something. If you go to the Dictionary, the definition you are looking for ("natural intuitive power") is definition number four. The first definition is "an inborn pattern of activity" and the second definition is "an innate impulse or tendency." In a Vampire heartbreaker, people would simply expect your "Instinct" level to be the difficulty of resisting frenzy, because that is obviously what it means. It is an obviously inappropriate name for a stat that you want to be high in perceptive individuals.Orion wrote:It's pretty clear to me that in After Sundown, if you rename Intuition it should be called "Instinct."
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