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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8810953" data-attributes="member: 6704184">What is the term for the like vaguely star shaped diagrams where if you increase value B then value A and C also go up a little bit? Used in video games a lot. That’s a good model for ability scores, but I’ve no idea how you’d satisfyingly translate it to TTRPGs. In my game, I just changed attributes to a set of resource point pools, representing your ability to draw upon that attribute when you need it. Eg, when climbing you might draw upon your Strength or Fortitude, or even Will, to keep climbing in the face of fatigue and fear and just a terribly difficult task, or you might draw upon Wits to activate a Technique wherein you study an opponent to “deduce” their vulnerabilities, strengths, level of fatigue, and bits of info about where they’ve been and what their habits are (see any Sherlock Holmes story). But skill checks (which cover all actions) are just about ranks of training with a success ladder and the ability to spend an attribute point or accept complications to Push the result up the success ladder. You don’t add Dexterity to Acrobatics checks, you just rolls action die plus rank dice.</blockquote>