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<blockquote data-quote="GreyICE" data-source="post: 6028957" data-attributes="member: 6684526">I would say that most people would build a good climber, and use the other abilities to make their characters truly unique.As you say, in such a system it would be hard to build a bad climber.&nbsp; Perhaps that's the point.&nbsp; Such a system would clearly be about climbing after all, but with a purpose.&nbsp; Why are you climbing?&nbsp; Going somewhere?&nbsp; Trying to rescue someone?&nbsp; Do you want to find a dragon in its cave, or are you just trying to climb the tallest mountain in the world to show that you can?&nbsp; The other skills would come to define the characters as much as climbing.&nbsp; And in such a system, could you not see everyone at the table being annoyed at a bad climber?&nbsp; &quot;Our system is about a group of people who climb mountains to rescue people who are stranded in snowstorms, and you can't climb a mountain?&nbsp; What sort of character did you make?&nbsp; Why would you do this stupid, ridiculous thing?&quot;&nbsp; Certainly for such a system of &quot;Mountain Rescue Roleplaying&quot; it would make sense for everyone to be a good climber AND do other things.&nbsp; After all, the defining aspect of your character is that they're part of a Mountain Rescue group, they'd be expected to climb mountains as a matter of course.&nbsp; It would be the other parts of their lives that truly differentiated them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyICE, post: 6028957, member: 6684526"] I would say that most people would build a good climber, and use the other abilities to make their characters truly unique. As you say, in such a system it would be hard to build a bad climber. Perhaps that's the point. Such a system would clearly be about climbing after all, but with a purpose. Why are you climbing? Going somewhere? Trying to rescue someone? Do you want to find a dragon in its cave, or are you just trying to climb the tallest mountain in the world to show that you can? The other skills would come to define the characters as much as climbing. And in such a system, could you not see everyone at the table being annoyed at a bad climber? "Our system is about a group of people who climb mountains to rescue people who are stranded in snowstorms, and you can't climb a mountain? What sort of character did you make? Why would you do this stupid, ridiculous thing?" Certainly for such a system of "Mountain Rescue Roleplaying" it would make sense for everyone to be a good climber AND do other things. After all, the defining aspect of your character is that they're part of a Mountain Rescue group, they'd be expected to climb mountains as a matter of course. It would be the other parts of their lives that truly differentiated them. [/QUOTE]

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