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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5016425" data-attributes="member: 19675">Eventually, I got used to it.However, it continued to be a problem for some, so I tried that as well.For the most part, things worked out OK, but for some, you'd hand them a rulebook or a photocopied bit of info and it resulted in continued confusion.(I didn't feel like permanently marking up a rulebook for them, so...)The point, though, is not that one can modify something to make it work- I bet its next to impossible to find someone running an RPG 100% RAW- its that the design decision to use hex was a quirk that turned into a speedbump.  As it did for a few gamers of my acquaintance, it may have even contributed to a more widespread dissatisfaction with the game.Instead of using hex, the designer could have used normal base 10, and used a symbol to keep the stats distinct.The example given in the rulebook was a PC with a UPP of 777B77.  In base 10, it could have been 7*7*7*11*7*7, and no confusion would have resulted.(Yes, I realize this introduces more characters into the printing process, resulting in higher costs, which might have been a real concern.  OTOH, the book itself occasionally uses phrases like "Any character with a social standing of B (11) or greater..." which adds even more characters to the process.  Is it a wash?  I can't say, and I'm certainly not going to track this character by character from Book 0 to Book 9.Plus, they wouldn't have needed the "Intro to hexadecimal" portion of the book at all...)</blockquote>

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