Re: Helping to define the character
Had a few questions about the spheres and ability points. so I will add this here.
1.... First off...Remember, this is a heavy RP game..RP game carries as much, if not more weight then the dice rolls. I change the dice rolls per event..sometimes yo need to roll higher then the target number..sometimes you need lower...if it is lower, then your Mods subtract..Higher..your mods add.
2...There are only a few reasons I will ask you to roll for your charcter...One, is if my rolls were so close, that I give the player a chance to 'decide' with a roll....or..if its between two PCs and My rolls are close, I'll just let the PCs roll and take it from there...NOTE..success of failure by a large margin on my rolls is..well..tough. " it was meant to be"
3..though in may seem complicated, it really isn't..this was devised for people to not min/max...but grow their Character as they see them evolve or in a direction they want to grow in.
now...
on the CS it shows you the abilities..it also shows you what abilities influence certain spheres. The sub-spheres concentrate on an aspect that will be in use, or NEEDED to be in use for a roll...The Ability Points are added and divided by 3...that gives you your big mod...then comes the sphere which has its own formula to be added to the Mod...then, the RP Mod..which will influence the rolls even more...a good roll with a good sphere but bad RP could hurt the roll...there have been times ( many times) RP caused negative mods and got characters hurt...some really bad RP got guys Killed ( power suit guy...Mind reading guy).
In the end? its all about RP, the abilities and Spheres add to the random flavor and help make your character special.
In the years of this game being played..there has never been 2 players even close to be alike...even the NPCs have personalities.
So? if you're looking for Numbers to crunch, to try and make your character 'powerful" it won't happen. at least it hasn't yet.
I never liked to Kill characters..some folks who retire from the game will have their characters die...some players just toss their charcters around..yeah..they will die, sooner or later..only so many times you can get lucky..i will NEVER say..." are you sure you want to do that?"...its all on you and your RP..I just run the game!
Please..any questions go to me in PMs or OOC..this is an Info thread