Re: Legends : what I want changed

From: Paul Drussel <drussepl@aston.ac.uk>

Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 11:46:28 +0000

Tefkin (rta@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU) wrote:

> ii) Id like stats like strength and dex to be a little more
> important. Why not then make racial CF for characters and
> soldiers mostly dependant on stats and not just some
> invisible factor. Therefore giants would still be very
> tougth : there large strength would give them a large
> CF. Instead the present system gives them a large CF irrelevant
> of strength: If it does then give them an extra CF bonus
> because of str (Im not rightly sure) then this is in
> effect double counting (giants have a high CF because of there
> str, not in addition to the CF gained via str), if it dosent
> then this is ignoring the effects that a tree trunk lifting
> behomoth of str has on combat.

The basic theory you are proposing makes some sense, and I know
what you are getting at, but the way the system is at the moment
works fine. For instance, you can have tough characters with a low
strength such as Devas, who only have around a 15-20 strength, but
also have a base 250 CF. This is because the racial CF represents
the races average toughness, with str&dex higher than the norm
adding to the individuals base. For example, the str50 character
you picked up. If this was a human then he has 40 extra points of
str, giving him 10 [base CF] * 1 + (40 * 0.05) = 30 CF. You could
look at this value to be his racial base, comparable to a giant.
Now, for example, if this character with 50 str was a great Ogre
(who for the purposes of this posting may have a base str of 50 and
100 base CF) then his base CF would still be 100, as his str is
average for his race.

> I mention this only in that I just recently picked up a str 50
> character and didnt even notice this str because in legends
> it is irrelevant. If you where a str 25 character in AD&D it
> would be pretty central to your entire character.
>
>
> Well thats my 2 cents worth. Dont bag me to much its my first
> time ;). Remember if you gotta complaint why not put up a
> better solution.
>
> 			-Tefkin

I'm not bagging you, just sticking up for a system that does make
some sense after a while.

I Paul Drussel :)
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         I drussepl@aston.ac.uk

References

Legends : what I want changed
rta@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Richard Terence ALLEN)
Thu, 20 Oct 1994 10:15:05 +0000