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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8405810" data-attributes="member: 58172">I care about balance, but I like the mechanics of abilities. Each ability is an &quot;aptitude&quot;, a cluster of skills that a character will inherently tend to be good at, even without having training for it. It is an excellent mechanic to quantify talent.Creating abilities is tricky, because a roleplay game is a complex ecosystem with many and unpredictable variables.Creating abilities from within the D&amp;D traditions is constrained.Creating abilities that players either love or can live with is hard.My system that the original post presents works from within the D&amp;D traditions. Everyone in this thread understands what Perception and Athletics are, and why they can work as a abilities.Yeah. When the eight abilities pair off into four:The Strength-Constitution score determines the Size as follows.Minimum Strength-Constitution Score: Size• 25+: Gargantuan• 21: Huge• 17: Large• 13: Heavyweight (Medium)• 9: Lightweight (Medium)• 5: Small• 1: TinyPersonally, I am comfortable with a one-to-one correlation so that the score simply determines the size. Heh, but many gamers love their strong-tough halflings, and so on. So based on feedback, the Strength-Constitution score serves as a minimum requirement if a player wants a larger character concept.Meanwhile, the Dexterity-Athletics pair represents agility, generally.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8405810, member: 58172"] I care about balance, but I like the mechanics of abilities. Each ability is an "aptitude", a cluster of skills that a character will inherently tend to be good at, even without having training for it. It is an excellent mechanic to quantify talent. Creating abilities is tricky, because a roleplay game is a complex ecosystem with many and unpredictable variables. Creating abilities from within the D&D traditions is constrained. Creating abilities that players either love or can live with is hard. My system that the original post presents works from within the D&D traditions. Everyone in this thread understands what Perception and Athletics are, and why they can work as a abilities. Yeah. When the eight abilities pair off into four: The Strength-Constitution score determines the Size as follows. [B]Minimum Strength-Constitution Score: Size[/B] • 25+: Gargantuan • 21: Huge • 17: Large • 13: Heavyweight (Medium) • 9: Lightweight (Medium) • 5: Small • 1: Tiny Personally, I am comfortable with a one-to-one correlation so that the score simply determines the size. Heh, but many gamers love their strong-tough halflings, and so on. So based on feedback, the Strength-Constitution score serves as a minimum requirement if a player wants a larger character concept. Meanwhile, the Dexterity-Athletics pair represents agility, generally. [/QUOTE]

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