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<blockquote data-quote="soviet" data-source="post: 8652411" data-attributes="member: 6925338">In some narrativist-facing games, having a high rating in a particular skill is less about measuring their observable ability in that activity within the gameworld and more about their ability to use that activity to make things happen in the story. The two things are orthogonal. My character might be visibly much stronger than yours in the gameworld, and we will reflect that trait in our general narration, but in a conflict I am a Clark Kent type and rely on my Clumsy Wholesomeness score. Your character is a fierce and independent single mom who might look small and non-threatening but in a crisis her Inner Strength trait comes out and she's lifting cars off children and smashing robbers to the ground with her brick-filled purse. The numbers are defining the character's approach to problems as a protagonist rather than their actual capabilities as a person.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soviet, post: 8652411, member: 6925338"] In some narrativist-facing games, having a high rating in a particular skill is less about measuring their [I]observable ability in that activity within the gameworld[/I] and more about their [I]ability to use that activity to make things happen in the story[/I]. The two things are orthogonal. My character might be visibly much stronger than yours in the gameworld, and we will reflect that trait in our general narration, but in a [I]conflict[/I] I am a Clark Kent type and rely on my [I]Clumsy Wholesomeness[/I] score. Your character is a fierce and independent single mom who might look small and non-threatening but in a crisis her [I]Inner Strength[/I] trait comes out and she's lifting cars off children and smashing robbers to the ground with her brick-filled purse. The numbers are defining the character's approach to problems as a protagonist rather than their actual capabilities as a person. [/QUOTE]

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