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07-30-2016, 06:57 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Toronto, Canada
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which two attributes?
The game Lasers & Feelings referenced in another thread got me thinking about attributes used to represent characters. D&D has six attributes(STR, DEX, INT, CON, WIS, CHA). GURPS has four. But you could have more or less of them.
If you have only two attributes, what should they be? One dichotomy that seems quite natural is Body and Mind, which collapses D&D's STR, DEX, and CON into Body and INT, WIS, CHA into Mind. But are there other useful ways of splitting things into two abilities? |
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07-30-2016, 07:23 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
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Re: which two attributes?
I think two is too few. I'm comfortable with BESM's Body, Mind, and Spirit, which is three.
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07-30-2016, 09:05 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: near Houston
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Re: which two attributes?
TWERPS has one ability, Strength ;)
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07-30-2016, 09:51 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Re: which two attributes?
Strength and Speed would work for a system in which intelligence is just represented by skills and player choices.
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07-30-2016, 01:23 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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Re: which two attributes?
Another common divide is Active and Passive (or Attack and Defend, or Do and Be).
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07-30-2016, 01:44 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Toronto, Canada
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Re: which two attributes?
Do and be?
One idea I was toying with is Fast and Slow. |
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07-30-2016, 01:59 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Re: which two attributes?
Why have two attributes when you can have one? Call it "competence"
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07-30-2016, 06:50 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: The Great White North
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Re: which two attributes?
Lung Capacity and Savvy.
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07-30-2016, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: near Houston
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Re: which two attributes?
No attributes. Use skills only.
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07-30-2016, 11:00 PM
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formerly known as 'Kenneth Latrans'
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Wyoming, Michigan
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Re: which two attributes?
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I think the best two-attribute system I saw was...Microgames Melee, with ST and DX. Choose between HP, big weapons, and heavy armor or high chance to hit. :3
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