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Message: <blockquote data-quote="blackshirt5" data-source="post: 1226304" data-attributes="member: 7871">OK, I'm working on a game world, just for fun right now, that I wanna eventually put to use with my group(if it's good I might type it all up and make it available to the populace).The idea is that the game is a MMORPG, like Everquest or the game in .Hack//Sign.  It's meant to be high fantasy, but the system has glitches that can be exploited to hack the game, allowing players who know how to, to do things such as increase their character's stats, fly, give them hacked superweapons, create backdoors into dungeons(this one's still iffy), throw fireballs, and other cool things.MY problem is, I have no clue at all how I would even begin to create this system.  What sounds really cool in my head I can't quite translate to a game mechanic.  I was thinking of doing it with skills, but just a generic Hack skill, everybody would dump points into and automatically be able to beat the hell out of each other, and there'd be no real point or sense of pride.  At the same time it's still meant to be high fantasy, so there's still magic.I'm very confused and blocked.  Any help is greatly appreciated.  If you can point me to an existing system that you think'd help, even, then I'd be grateful.</blockquote>