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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DMZ2112" data-source="post: 6241832" data-attributes="member: 78752">Hey, Wolf.  Sorry it took me so long to get to this; I kind of took the holidays off.Comeliness is an old AD&D rule, going back to the early 80s.  It needs a new name and has always been a little wonky (I believe that originally, it was treated like a seventh ability score but was limited in some way by your Charisma), but the concept is sound.  The internets say Comeliness was introduced in the 1985 Unearthed Arcana sourcebook, but I never owned that and I definitely remember reference to it in the 1983 World of Greyhawk boxed set.  I also recommend checking out the 1995 Player's Option: Skills & Powers book for some background.  Skills & Powers split all six ability scores into two, and one of the two Charisma subscores was Appearance.I think this is a decision your dungeon masters will want to make for their own groups.  You're best off suggesting how to make a few options work with your math.I'm assuming this is set for the whole group?  Or is it an individual choice?  What are the benefits of picking +0?And then what?  Do you stay up?  I'm assuming your endurance stays at 0, so if you take a wound, do you fall unconscious again?If your intention here is to create a target number, I recommend 3d6 or 5d4, or even 2d10, instead of 1d20 -- 1d20 is going to generate wildly variable defensive values.  Characters rolling a 1 will be helpless, characters rolling a 20 will be untouchable.Holy hell, I get what you are trying to do here, but that is potentially a lot of endurance.  Consider lowering the die, or at least using a bell curve like 2d6 or 3d4.How do you restore fatigue?  10 is not a lot.  Is that per encounter?  I worked up a similar system back when I was trying to make D&D4 work for me.  My Stamina values were calculated on a daily basis but were still much, much higher.How is this different than a standard hit?I loved Suikoden III.</blockquote>

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