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<blockquote data-quote="mach1.9pants" data-source="post: 4088167" data-attributes="member: 55946"><p>Just the naming doesn't sound quite right to me.</p><p><strong>Brawn</strong> I like, but to me covers only STR not CON (fitness/toughness etc)</p><p><strong>Technique</strong> to me is a trained thing, I quite like swiftness (of body and mind). Still not perfect!</p><p><strong>Instinct</strong> is, to me, closer to WIS and the mentally strong part of CHA but not charming part of CHA (I always think that DnD has a real problem over wisdom being both perception and mental strength-3E will bonus- and CHA being charm and mental strength-3E sorcery type powers, but, as always, I digress).</p><p>I am afraid I can't think of anything better to my taste than your names </p><p></p><p></p><p>However, it would still work in 4E, having 3 ability scores, just replace every score listed with your new one. Really simple. It would work in any edition. My first home built RPG had just 3 stats- STR NIMbleness MENtal- but that is a slightly dif take on a 3 stat system. You might have guessed it was written when I was about 12 so my munchkiness didn't need no social interaction ability- MENtal was for magic LOL. I personally don't like 3 in DND (I want 7 ability scores STR, CON, DEX, INT, INDomitability, PERception, CHArm but I am digressing again <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />) but there is no reason for it not to work if you are happy with such broad concepts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mach1.9pants, post: 4088167, member: 55946"] Just the naming doesn't sound quite right to me. [b]Brawn[/b] I like, but to me covers only STR not CON (fitness/toughness etc) [b]Technique[/b] to me is a trained thing, I quite like swiftness (of body and mind). Still not perfect! [b]Instinct[/b] is, to me, closer to WIS and the mentally strong part of CHA but not charming part of CHA (I always think that DnD has a real problem over wisdom being both perception and mental strength-3E will bonus- and CHA being charm and mental strength-3E sorcery type powers, but, as always, I digress). I am afraid I can't think of anything better to my taste than your names However, it would still work in 4E, having 3 ability scores, just replace every score listed with your new one. Really simple. It would work in any edition. My first home built RPG had just 3 stats- STR NIMbleness MENtal- but that is a slightly dif take on a 3 stat system. You might have guessed it was written when I was about 12 so my munchkiness didn't need no social interaction ability- MENtal was for magic LOL. I personally don't like 3 in DND (I want 7 ability scores STR, CON, DEX, INT, INDomitability, PERception, CHArm but I am digressing again ;)) but there is no reason for it not to work if you are happy with such broad concepts. [/QUOTE]
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