Talent System

[tbeard1999]

Originally Posted by Kirk

Making changes will set off a ripple effect that may direct the game towards other styles of play which I don't prefer, be it GURPS or Gamma World (not that the ideas in these games don't have merit, it is just the actual playability that deserves attention, IMO).

So for me, just a few tweaks on things like pole weapons, death, sleep, poisoned sha-ken, etc. etc. would be ideal, along with clarification on DX (faster or easier) and a few other things, but not an overhaul of the talent or weapons or combative system.

Yeah, what you said.

I’d further submit that with a small number of attributes and a 3d6 resolution system, TFT is finely balanced and is very sensitive to changes. Any major system revisions (other than correcting ambiguities, contradictions and glitches), should be carefully playtested first.

[Jim Kane]

Originally Posted by tbeard1999

Any major system revisions (other than correcting ambiguities, contradictions and glitches), should be carefully playtested first.

TY, shout it LOUD from the mountain top, PLEASE!

JK

[DrewAstolfi67]

Hi, I really like the simplicity and almost diabolical limits on character design that the old talent system set up. I mostly don't like the tweaks to it that are proposed on this thread - while people should house rule to your heart's content, I hope this does not change too drastically.

What I would like are more Talents to choose from. In my dim memory of playing this in the early 80's my friends and I created a number of new talents - I remember a street smarts one - sort of an analog to courtly graces (I was running urban adventures), and we had an investigation I and II for identifying and understanding clues.

We also had GM discretion on heroes leaning a small number of spells or wizards learning a small number of talents - particularly to allow the creation of the wizardly thief. Later we let had a few talents available to wizards at the same cost as heroes - but I am afraid I cannot remember the ones we included in this.