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<blockquote data-quote="bret" data-source="post: 539823" data-attributes="member: 713"><p>Put me in the camp where we seldom show other characters our sheets. I think it is a lot more fun where you aren't seeing the exact class combinations and such.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, in general characters should eventually know approximate attributes. Someone with a 14 in an attribute is going to be significantly better than someone with a 10, people will notice. In general for D20, characters should know within +-1 what each attribute modifier is.</p><p></p><p>Str: Look at how much equipment they can carry and how strongly they hit with a weapon.</p><p>Dex: Look at how good they are at dodging blows, balancing, hitting with missles, etc.</p><p>Con: What does it take to kill this guy! They should be down by now.</p><p>Int: Smart boy. How is it that you've managed to learn all that?</p><p>Wis: Gotta get up pretty early to fool you. Shows very good judgement and is fairly resistent to mind control.</p><p>Cha: They certainly convinced me! I was impressed.</p><p></p><p>As an example: Two 30 pt characters.</p><p>Str 12 Dex 14 Con 14 Int 14 Wis 12 Cha 12</p><p></p><p>Str 10 Dex 10 Con 14 Int 17 Wis 12 Char 11</p><p></p><p>The first character would be blessed with better than normal abilities on all things, but nothing truely amazing.</p><p></p><p>The second character would be considered extremely bright and hardier than a normal person.</p><p></p><p>You would have trouble telling which of the two were stronger or more charismatic. It would be easy to tell which was more dexterous or smarter.</p><p></p><p>It should also be obvious when someone hasn't got any training in a skill vs. someone who has had some or a lot of training.</p><p></p><p>A person with Dex 20 untrained riding a horse is bouncing around, but still able to stay on the horse.</p><p></p><p>A person with Dex 8 but 6 ranks in riding knows how to move with the horse and stay in the saddle. They obviously had spent quite a bit of time riding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bret, post: 539823, member: 713"] Put me in the camp where we seldom show other characters our sheets. I think it is a lot more fun where you aren't seeing the exact class combinations and such. In my opinion, in general characters should eventually know approximate attributes. Someone with a 14 in an attribute is going to be significantly better than someone with a 10, people will notice. In general for D20, characters should know within +-1 what each attribute modifier is. Str: Look at how much equipment they can carry and how strongly they hit with a weapon. Dex: Look at how good they are at dodging blows, balancing, hitting with missles, etc. Con: What does it take to kill this guy! They should be down by now. Int: Smart boy. How is it that you've managed to learn all that? Wis: Gotta get up pretty early to fool you. Shows very good judgement and is fairly resistent to mind control. Cha: They certainly convinced me! I was impressed. As an example: Two 30 pt characters. Str 12 Dex 14 Con 14 Int 14 Wis 12 Cha 12 Str 10 Dex 10 Con 14 Int 17 Wis 12 Char 11 The first character would be blessed with better than normal abilities on all things, but nothing truely amazing. The second character would be considered extremely bright and hardier than a normal person. You would have trouble telling which of the two were stronger or more charismatic. It would be easy to tell which was more dexterous or smarter. It should also be obvious when someone hasn't got any training in a skill vs. someone who has had some or a lot of training. A person with Dex 20 untrained riding a horse is bouncing around, but still able to stay on the horse. A person with Dex 8 but 6 ranks in riding knows how to move with the horse and stay in the saddle. They obviously had spent quite a bit of time riding. [/QUOTE]
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