Faction Advancement

[blackgauntlet]

Nov 11, 2011 10:29:14 GMT -5 gravismetallum said:

For the missing aspects that people may want you could spin conjuration to cause fireballs to hutle at enemies because you conjure it out of nowhere(even though most people would expect it from sorcery),you could combine it with str for forging because you conjure a better weapon or improvements. You could spin sorcery and combine it with will for faith type abilities, combine it with int for more traditional conceptions of what magic should be.

Gotta realize when someone is making a game they will want some their worlds stuff to stand out at as their own and not just going along the lines of what everybody is used to, because that's one of the ways you can make a game truly your own.

Good call on that, mixing skills for abilities/spell.

Reminds of how Mage: The Ascension works, but instead of Elements, we use skills.

Since we already have a tradition of having 2-3 skills tagged to an attribute, I don't see why we should stop now. It's just that intuitive.

Example:
STR
Power
Forging

DEX
Speed
Nimbleness

CON
Health
Immunity

WIL
Faith
Resistance

INT
Magic
Intuition

CHA
Social
Leadership

Nimbleness+Power=Ranged
Magic+Intuition=Sorcery
Magic+Faith=Conjuration
Power+Speed=Melee
Speed+Intuition=Dodge
Speed+Health=Running
Nimble+Speed=Lockpicking
Nimble+Intuition=Trapping
Nimble+Social=Pickpocketing
Forging+Intuition=Weaponsmith
Forging+Power=Armorer
Forging+Nimble=Fletcher
Resistance+Intuition=Alchemy
Health+Resistance=Herbalism
Intuition+Faith=Divining
Faith+Resistance=Religion
Health+Intuition=First Aid
Health+Power=Survival

And so on.

[Cory Trese]

PS: There is rampant thread hijacking going on here from chainsaws to Steven King.

I just wanted to get in on it once with my SoS skills list. Consider this thread derailed =)

[Cory Trese]

Ranged
Melee

Sorcery
Conjuring

Lockpicking
Trapping

Dodge
Athletics

------------- (Possible Extra 8)
Metalsmith [fixing broken, identify items]
Scholar [identify potions, scrolls, monsters]

HELP

[Cory Trese]

Nov 11, 2011 2:32:22 GMT -5 nyktos said:

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and...

with 6 attributes, can you bump it up to 12 skills? [from 8]
makes room for demands [like CHA]

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yes, ok... im freaking out... thanks!

We could but I can only include skills that I can come up with an equal number of operations for -- I hate when one skill is great and another one sucks =)

[blackgauntlet]

Foraging is a good skill. Let's us get stuff from doodads like bushes, rocks, trees ans stuff.
Resistance too. Training in ingesting poisonous stuff in small doses over time let's us build up some immunity against venomous creatures.
Enchanting is very useful too. Works like bless on weapons and also recharges wands.
Edit: Oh, and Negotiation. Because MONEY talks! ;D

[Cory Trese]

There won't be a lot of crafting in this game -- it isn't SoS proper just an experimental project for me. probably won't be released.

I like resistance and I like Foraging/Searching



Ranged
Melee

Toughness
Resistance

Sorcery
Conjuring

Lockpick
Traps

Dodge
Athletics

Negotiation
Scholar

Spot
Search

[EDIT: Removed smith, on second thought the characters are heros not workers they are too busy being heroic.]

[blackgauntlet]

Okay, if we are talking about heroic heroes stuff, I could only think up of the following stuff that they do well:

Swimming (Not sure if you will use water tiles as permanent natural barriers)
Climbing (Same as above but using mountain/wall tiles)
Mapmaking (If Automapping is left out on purpose)
Leadership (Lets you lead a party with more and/or stonger members than usual)
First Aid (Ability to stop bleeding wounds, cure poison and even remove diseases at higher levels)
Faith (Turn Undead, Lay on Hands and other holy stuff)

[cyberelf]

Considering the amount of derailment, I might have to go back and read threads that initially I had zero interest.

[Cory Trese]

Go big or go home. What do you think of that as a list of skills for a experimental RPG?

[Cory Trese]

Ranged -- Bows
Melee -- Swords, Hammers, Daggers,

Toughness -- Resistance to Physical Damage / Poison
Resistance -- Resistance to Magical Damage / Drain

Sorcery -- Use of Spells
Conjuring -- Creation / Destruction of Spirits

Lockpick -- Open Locked Doors, Chests, Panels
Traps -- Detect / Disarm Traps

Dodge -- Avoid Damage / Avoid Traps
Athletics -- Determine Movement Dice

Negotiation -- [Possible Fail]: Reduce Prices in Stores?
Scholar -- View Detailed Bestiery Info (HP/Attack/Defense, Monster Resistances, Toughness, % of Treasure, etc)

Spot -- Line of Sight / Detect Ability
Search -- Find Items in Rooms w/o Chests

[Cory Trese]

Replace Negotiation with Leadership, which is like Captain in Templars. BINGO

[LordofSyn]

add Survival and I think you'll be golden.

[player]

I say replace survival and scholar with Lore that does the same

[Slide87]

Maybe i missed a few posts...but WTH this thread is derailing XD COOL =) Another page and we'll discuss 'bout cooking biscuits xD (or making chainsaws,it's more sure...^_^)

[spankey]

Golden brown buttermilk biscuits.
Need:
Flour 4 cups
Salt
Shortening 1tsp
Buttermilk 2 cups

first start by mixing.....................................