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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 8466143" data-attributes="member: 20564">The Amber Diceless Roleplay system used bidding to determine rank of the four attributes, and then any left over points could be used for other perks.  In the Amber books the princes and princesses of Amber pretty much knew who was the best fighter, the one with the most stamina, etc.  So you were ranked 1-4, with 4 meaning "you're in the pack".  And it was bidding among the players for the various positions.I remember playing in a group during a week long camp out where we had 9 players, so the GM changed the bidding slightly.  Basically everyone bid secretly (which I think is how the game does it), but then once the top four were determined the y had a second round of bidding where they could up their bids.  Though the plan of sinking one attribute and judicious bidding, I was the #1 rank in everything else.Which as a late teen seemed cool.  But to my current RP self kind of turns the stomach at how much of a spotlight hog it could turn into.Instead of an actual bidding process, where long term I am causing distress to fellow players at my table at not being able to play what they want, I'd rather see something like the old Shadowrun priority system.  I might rank ability scores #1, connections #2, gear #3 (which gets me an uncommon-max item not picked by those with ranks #1 or #2), and wealth #4.  Or however I want to do them.  This was I'm not denying anything to anyone else, and you still have it all on the table.</blockquote>

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