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>>>>> On Sat, 14 Nov 92 23:22:56 GMT, magnus@bark-fddi.ii.uib.no (Magnus Alvestad) said:

>>>>> On 14 Nov 92 01:17:34 GMT, tdunn@ecst.csuchico.edu (Tim Dunn) said:

	Tim> the task at hand, then the score is the gross stat.  If
	Tim> the character has two or more substats that apply, then
	Tim> we have a mess on our hands. =)

	M> Yes.. of course - we could somehow implement .. a way in
	M> which a roll between the stats was marginal success, a roll
	M> beneath the lowest was a failure, and a roll above the
	M> highest was a good success. Not very pretty, but it
	M> probably would work.

I'm not at all convinced that you should roll against the stats at
all.  I guess it reminds me too much of That-Horrible-System (tm of
You-Know-Who) 

Some thoughts on stats:

Basically, I see stats as one of two:  Talents for different areas of
skills, or physical/mental attributes.  I think there's a need to separate
those two aspects, and from what I've seen, few rpgs do that.

If stats represent talents, I don't think they should be rolled
against, if they're attributes, well, I see why you roll against your
DEX to avoid falling into the pit.

And:

Should stats-as-attributes change during the game?  (I think they
should) 

Should stats-as-talents change?







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