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Plane · 11-11-2019, 12:48 PM

based on the Mental Control Points introduced in that Pyramid article on Possession basically being MCP, I like to retroactively think of TG's points as being Physical Control Points or PCP.

As for character points, what if we called them Character Development Points or CDP? That way they all have unique initials and we don't need to worry about who gets the original two by each taking a 3-initial version.

It's not as pretty as the standard 2-letter stuff like HP/FP/ER or IQ/ST/DX/HT but for other stuff like damage don't we usually shorten it to "DMG" plus there is MAX and 1/2D and ROF or PERC or WILL which all exceed 3 letters.

11-11-2019, 12:48 PM	#22
Plane Join Date: Aug 2018	Re: Discussion of 'CP' as an Abbreviation based on the Mental Control Points introduced in that Pyramid article on Possession basically being MCP, I like to retroactively think of TG's points as being Physical Control Points or PCP. As for character points, what if we called them Character Development Points or CDP? That way they all have unique initials and we don't need to worry about who gets the original two by each taking a 3-initial version. It's not as pretty as the standard 2-letter stuff like HP/FP/ER or IQ/ST/DX/HT but for other stuff like damage don't we usually shorten it to "DMG" plus there is MAX and 1/2D and ROF or PERC or WILL which all exceed 3 letters.