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cleggp@aix.rpi.edu (Paul Jason Clegg) writes:
>Hmm...  Intriguing concept.  What happens if the modified result from the
>dice rolls moves you over or under the maximum results?

Well, in reality there is no max (it's more like a limit in Calculus),
but I think the game should have one.  I'm thinking of making a scale
to go beyond the max on a temporary basis.  That is, you can, on
occasion, do so well at something that you've reached a level that no
human can maintain as a regular skill.  Ever see a picture of Willie
Mays' most famous catch?  Not even he could do that all the time -
though he was a Super outfielder (I'm thinking of going now with
Average, Good, Great, Super) on a regular basis.  That catch was a
Super+4 catch - he might never have been able to do it again.

So if you go off the scale, you do Super+1, Super+2, etc. - but you
can't upgrade a skill or attribute to those levels, unless you *are*
superhuman.

>Well, it's definitely a SIMPLE concept and easy to learn.  BUT it's very
>counter-intuitive for a GM to come up with stuff on the fly.  

??? I don't see why you say this.  What do you mean?

>It's also
>very limited, because the results are limited to the seven results that 
>the stats/skills are defined as.

True, true.  Playtesting will see if we need to expand the attribute
range.  I suppose we could go with the familiar 2-19 range that many
games have, but I like the concept of relating things to words.

>Will have to think on this concept a bit more before I can give a final
>opinion, but you definitely get marks for creative dice conventions!

Thanks!

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  - Steffan O'Sullivan		         sos@oz.plymouth.edu