Now that we’ve pinned down what the character is mostly like, what numbers are created based off out stats.
I submit:
Mental HP (Can also be used as a sanity level): IQ + ME +WI
Stun/SDC:
Hit Points Con + Str
Mana/Spell Power: Spirit + Mental Endurance
Speed DEX + CON – ½ Str
Carry Capacity- Encumbrance: Str+ ½ Con x 10; It has to be included. Enforceable if the GM feels like it.
An Independent Stat:
Willpower: This mechanic is the ‘get a bonus to anything’ akin to Willpower in the World of Darkness or a ‘Benie’ from Savage Worlds. This is the player or character’s story driving heroic push for anything.
I feel this should be derived from the character’s experience total or maybe level, if we choose to go with levels at all.
Next week: What should these numbers look like?
The Wrong Hands 
16 responses to “System X over Y Part 4 Secondary attributes:”
Confused:
“Stun/SDC:
Hit Points Con + Str”
Is there supposed to be a value for Stun/SDC?
Also, “Speed DEX + CON – ½ Str”
*Subtracting* STR?
Darn editor should have caught that.
No typo there. Bigger folks aren’t as quick and I wanted to reflect that.
So STR correlates directly to size? Or does it correlate to *mass*? Or should Speed correlate to mass?
Baking that in potentially prevents small-but-disproportionately-strong character-types (Dwarves spring to mind).
Mass is perhaps more accurate . I’m wanted body builders to be penalized for what they are. dwarves are thick more than tall. Base strength only,not augmented by super powers.
Finally:
“Carry Capacity- Encumbrance: Str+ ½ Con x 10;”
( STR + ½ CON ) x 10 ? Or STR + ( ½ CON x 10 )?
I’m assuming the former, since the latter would be simpler to say STR + CON x 5
Correct, there should be brackets. I do want to crunch the numbers and look at how they would relate to pounds or kilograms.
::chuckles::
Both have parent, but they yield different values because of order of operations…
“Parens”
Dame yo audio cork erect!
FYI: At a minimum value of 5, and a maximum value of 20, here’s the worst and best possible sets of stats (ignoring Stun, since that remains unclarified, and assuming the subtraction for STR in the SPD calculation is accurate as stated):
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+ Primary stats +
STR … 5
DEX … 5
CON … 5
IQ …. 5
WIS … 5
ME …. 5
WP …. 5
SPT … 5
PER … 5
CHA … 5
+ Secondary stats +
MH …. 15
STN … 0
HP …. 10
MAN … 10
SPD … 8
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+ Primary stats +
STR … 20
DEX … 20
CON … 20
IQ …. 20
WIS … 20
ME …. 20
WP …. 20
SPT … 20
PER … 20
CHA … 20
+ Secondary stats +
MH …. 60
STN … 0
HP …. 40
MAN … 40
SPD … 30
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I’d attach all the possibilities, but it’s long and kinda boring without a tighter focus (on CON, STR, SPT, ME, and WP, for starters, since they are the only primary stats that affect secondary ones…). 😀
Maxing for SPD:
+ Primary stats +
STR … 0
DEX … 20
CON … 20
IQ …. 10
WIS … 10
ME …. 10
WP …. 10
SPT … 10
PER … 10
CHA … 10
+ Secondary stats +
MH …. 30
STN … 0
HP …. 20
MAN … 20
SPD … 40
Maxing for “Mental Health:
+ Primary stats +
STR … 10
DEX … 10
CON … 10
IQ …. 20
WIS … 10
ME …. 20
WP …. 20
SPT … 10
PER … 10
CHA … 10
+ Secondary stats +
MH …. 60
STN … 0
HP …. 20
MAN … 30
SPD … 15
Maxing for Mana:
+ Primary stats +
STR … 10
DEX … 10
CON … 10
IQ …. 10
WIS … 10
ME …. 20
WP …. 10
SPT … 20
PER … 10
CHA … 10
+ Secondary stats +
MH …. 40
STN … 0
HP …. 20
MAN … 40
SPD … 15
Maxing for Hit Points:
+ Primary stats +
STR … 20
DEX … 10
CON … 20
IQ …. 10
WIS … 10
ME …. 10
WP …. 10
SPT … 10
PER … 10
CHA … 10
+ Secondary stats +
MH …. 30
STN … 0
HP …. 40
MAN … 20
SPD … 20
I’ll stop now… For now… 😀