12-31-2009, 01:39 AM | #101 | |
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Re: Resolved,There is no point to statting up anything that is not a PC
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GURPS has a strong design principle and a stated editorial policy of avoiding rules apartheid for PCs vs NPCs and justly so because it is totally up to the money-paying base if they want to play traditional PCs roles or be the adversaries, or something else unconventional. I suppose this includes playing games where the adversaries are all one-dimensional figures of EEEEEVIL who do things only because the plot requires it, but that's not a good reason to give that kind of char build advice out all the time. |
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12-31-2009, 01:43 AM | #102 | |
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Re: Resolved,There is no point to statting up anything that is not a PC
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Last edited by David Johnston2; 12-31-2009 at 01:48 AM. |
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12-31-2009, 01:45 AM | #103 | |
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Re: Resolved,There is no point to statting up anything that is not a PC
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12-31-2009, 02:10 AM | #104 | |
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Re: Resolved,There is no point to statting up anything that is not a PC
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I suppose the reply to that should be something along the lines of: Just because you favor some sort of boardgame style RPG with unimaginative GMs and players running on rails, doesn't mean you need to cast aspersions of those of us who prefer running imaginative roleplaying games run by real GMs who actually are capable of winging details in their setting for good gaming verisimilitude. Yeah, so there. ;p *grin* |
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12-31-2009, 02:26 AM | #105 |
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Re: Resolved,There is no point to statting up anything that is not a PC
The total point value alone may not, but on the way to calculating that value, you accumulate total points spent on skills for instance that does impact how a PC has spent his life and serves as a check on excessive or just plain unconsidered builds.
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12-31-2009, 02:31 AM | #106 | |
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Re: Resolved,There is no point to statting up anything that is not a PC
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So as an example, if someone has 8 skills where they spent 8+ points on, that's an indication that the underlying stat should be much higher from all that training, thereby reducing the skill points to balance. |
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12-31-2009, 02:40 AM | #107 |
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Re: Resolved,There is no point to statting up anything that is not a PC
This is not correct. For example, regardless of ultimate costs, a "weird" defensive ability that includes Insubstantiality will make the presence or absence of the Affects Insubstantial enhancement in the builds of attack abilities in the game important, even if neither sort of ability will be paid for from a limited pool of character points.
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12-31-2009, 02:52 AM | #108 |
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Re: Resolved,There is no point to statting up anything that is not a PC
If we agree to play a game where the outcome depends on the roll of the dice, and you unilaterally decide to misrepresent the true result in favor of one more to your liking, you are lying and cheating. These are bad things and should be discouraged.
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12-31-2009, 02:56 AM | #109 | |
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Re: Resolved,There is no point to statting up anything that is not a PC
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Eh. My mileage obviously varies. I'm more than happy to toss out a crappy roll in order to move the story in a fun and exciting direction. |
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12-31-2009, 02:57 AM | #110 |
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Re: Resolved,There is no point to statting up anything that is not a PC
If you have some more effective means in mind, I'd be happy to listen.
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