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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9169919" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p>I was put off by their solution to the STR→PD+Stun+Rec being dropping the very sensible linkage; a more functional solution would be to increase the cost of STR.</p><p>So, let's subtract out the values of the bonuses...</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td></td><td>Formula</td><td>cost/level</td><td>fraction of 1 level of STR</td></tr><tr><td>PD</td><td>STR/5</td><td>1</td><td>1/5</td></tr><tr><td>Rec</td><td>(STR/5 + CON/5)</td><td>2</td><td>2/5</td></tr><tr><td>Stun</td><td>BODY+(STR/2)+(CON/2)</td><td>1</td><td>1/2</td></tr><tr><td>Sum:</td><td></td><td></td><td>(2+4+5)/10= 11/10</td></tr></table><p></p><p>This is why many GMs I know have increased the cost of STR to ×2. For similar reasons, CON should go from ×2 to ×3...</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td></td><td>Formula</td><td>cost/level</td><td>fraction of 1 level of STR</td></tr><tr><td>ED</td><td>CON/5</td><td>×1</td><td>1/5 = 2/10</td></tr><tr><td>Rec</td><td>(STR/5 + CON/5)</td><td>×2</td><td>2/5 = 4/10</td></tr><tr><td>END</td><td>CON×2</td><td>×1/2</td><td>2/2 = 10/10</td></tr><tr><td>Stun</td><td>BODY+(STR/2)+(CON/2)</td><td>×1</td><td>1/2 = 5/10 </td></tr><tr><td>Sum:</td><td></td><td></td><td>(2+4+10+5)/10= 21/10</td></tr></table><p>Dex to Speed isn't so discounted.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 9169919, member: 6779310"] I was put off by their solution to the STR→PD+Stun+Rec being dropping the very sensible linkage; a more functional solution would be to increase the cost of STR. So, let's subtract out the values of the bonuses... [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Formula[/TD] [TD]cost/level[/TD] [TD]fraction of 1 level of STR[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]PD[/TD] [TD]STR/5[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]1/5[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Rec[/TD] [TD](STR/5 + CON/5)[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]2/5[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Stun[/TD] [TD]BODY+(STR/2)+(CON/2)[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]1/2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Sum:[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD](2+4+5)/10= 11/10[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] This is why many GMs I know have increased the cost of STR to ×2. For similar reasons, CON should go from ×2 to ×3... [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Formula[/TD] [TD]cost/level[/TD] [TD]fraction of 1 level of STR[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]ED[/TD] [TD]CON/5[/TD] [TD]×1[/TD] [TD]1/5 = 2/10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Rec[/TD] [TD](STR/5 + CON/5)[/TD] [TD]×2[/TD] [TD]2/5 = 4/10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]END[/TD] [TD]CON×2[/TD] [TD]×1/2[/TD] [TD]2/2 = 10/10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Stun[/TD] [TD]BODY+(STR/2)+(CON/2)[/TD] [TD]×1[/TD] [TD]1/2 = 5/10 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Sum:[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD](2+4+10+5)/10= 21/10[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Dex to Speed isn't so discounted. [/QUOTE]

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