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Message: <blockquote data-quote="System Ufera" data-source="post: 6474499" data-attributes="member: 6671268">It seems that my goal with this thread still isn't all that clear. The thing is, my game is rather different than other games in terms of how valuable any given stat is to any given character, which I've tried explaining. Unlike with games such as DnD, where an optimized character would only focus on one or two things (and do so because they only really benefit from one or two things), my game will involve meaningful benefits for most characters from many different investments.Take the warrior. I've already mentioned how the warrior would benefit from a decent Resolve (he/she won't be scared easily). But Resolve, as an attribute, isn't even tertiary for a warrior. Warriors would pay attention to Strength first; depending on the weapon type, they would then pay attention to either Agility or Constitution as a secondary; then what they didn't choose as a secondary would likely tie with Instinct (helps w/ reactions and battlefield awareness) for tertiary. Attributes such as Resolve and Willpower (the difference is that Resolve is more defensive, whereas Willpower is more forceful and adrenaline-based), despite not being among the top 3 tiers of importance, would still give important (and even needed) benefits to a warrior, those being Morale and Hero Points, respectively. The three remaining attributes, those being Charisma, Knowledge, and Wisdom, can still be useful for certain types of warriors, such as generals, warriors who study their enemies for weaknesses and/or movement patterns, etc. Heck, there's already an edge that expands a weapon's crit range, which requires a small investment in Wisdom.One of the problems here is that I'm not sure, in terms of game design or otherwise, how to reinforce this idea for the players. As a result, the players who are currently testing my game are hitting the point of diminishing returns for the stuff they're good at (for example, life or death is binary, and so dealing more damage to an already dead enemy won't help), and I'm afraid that they'll get into a TPK situation when I get around to designing encounters with enemies that can cause status effects (such as those based on fear).</blockquote>

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