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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 6233944"><p>How do we determine which boxes people can check? How do we determine how <em>many</em> boxes a person can check?</p><p></p><p>It sounds fine for a largely skill-based game, but I don't see D&D moving in that direction.</p><p></p><p>IMO there's no middle ground. Either numbers matter, or they don't. You can't have a system where numbers "kinda" matter or where there's some sort of bell curve. Bigger is either better, or the number system isn't work keeping.</p><p></p><p>We could easily assign a flat amount of skill points per class, and allow players to take feats to increase their skill points.</p><p>We could easily assign bonus damage based on non-stat things, like BAB, the fighter hits harder with pointy things because he's a fighter, the mage hits harder with spells because they're a mage.</p><p>We could assign how many/which boxes you get access to based on class, and again, allow for feats to open up more boxes.</p><p></p><p>But if you're going to include numbers, bigger IMO, <em>must</em> mean better. Otherwise there's no point in using numbers at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 6233944"] How do we determine which boxes people can check? How do we determine how [I]many[/I] boxes a person can check? It sounds fine for a largely skill-based game, but I don't see D&D moving in that direction. IMO there's no middle ground. Either numbers matter, or they don't. You can't have a system where numbers "kinda" matter or where there's some sort of bell curve. Bigger is either better, or the number system isn't work keeping. We could easily assign a flat amount of skill points per class, and allow players to take feats to increase their skill points. We could easily assign bonus damage based on non-stat things, like BAB, the fighter hits harder with pointy things because he's a fighter, the mage hits harder with spells because they're a mage. We could assign how many/which boxes you get access to based on class, and again, allow for feats to open up more boxes. But if you're going to include numbers, bigger IMO, [I]must[/I] mean better. Otherwise there's no point in using numbers at all. [/QUOTE]
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