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Daevryn | Mon 07-May-07 10:49 PM |
Member since 13th Feb 2007
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#1213, "Flaws!"
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Team Edge presents another one of the ideas we've had in mind all along to do with the Edges infrastructure... Flaws!
Where Edges are good things that cost you 'Edge Points', Flaws are bad things that pay you 'Edge Points' for taking them. They're permanent handicaps or weaknesses for your character.
Some random points about Flaws, to head off the most obvious questions:
- Flaws, like Edges, are available via discuss. In the case of Flaws, this can only be done with a sort of 'hidden' guildmaster in the Academy, an Oracle which reads your fate and past and knows of your flaws. She's hidden and a little bit off the beaten path mainly to discourage real newbies from picking Flaws.
- Yes, this means that only newbie-Academy-level characters may choose Flaws.
- You can only pick so many / so much total badness in Flaws.
- Flaws, in our opinion, are game mechanically always a bad deal. I can concieve of no combination in which your character is made stronger by choosing a Flaw. You give up more than you get in return. We've all played a bunch of different pen and paper RPGs over the years with offsetting edge/flaw style systems, and almost without exception, there were drawbacks you could take that weren't really all that bad that you could in exchange get good stuff for. We've tried very hard to make sure that won't happen here. There shouldn't be any runs on quadripeligic super-mages.
- Flaws should be something you pick if it really fits your role or if you're looking for a challenge. I expect that once the initial novelty wears off they should be a rarity.
Finally, the initial batch of Flaws is: Frail Weak Clumsy Ignorant Foolish Sickly Repulsive Teleportation Sickness Susceptible to Magic Narcoleptic Gimpy No Undead Unsteady Hand Myopic Dopey Reckless Macho Coward Disorganized Hemophiliac Squeamish
Helpfiles will be up for those sooner or later. Enjoy!
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Any plans on adding inherent edges/flaws to races? n/t,
Sandello,
11-May-07 06:10 PM, #5
Not sure what you're getting at here.,
Daevryn,
11-May-07 06:11 PM, #6
RE: Flaws!,
Felar Revenant,
08-May-07 07:43 AM, #2
RE: Flaws!,
Daevryn,
08-May-07 07:45 AM, #3
small typo / spelling,
incognito,
09-May-07 07:20 AM, #1
Only in British English.,
Valguarnera,
09-May-07 07:20 AM, #4
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Sandello | Wed 09-May-07 11:47 AM |
Member since 04th Mar 2003
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#1224, "Any plans on adding inherent edges/flaws to races? n/t"
In response to Reply #0
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Daevryn | Fri 11-May-07 06:11 PM |
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#1228, "Not sure what you're getting at here."
In response to Reply #5
Edited on Fri 11-May-07 06:11 PM
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If it's bound to be much of a discussion, toss it over to gameplay country?
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Daevryn | Tue 08-May-07 07:45 AM |
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#1216, "RE: Flaws!"
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For various reasons, no.
However, if you've got an existing character whose role etc. really suit a flaw, send up a pray and someone may be around who can give it to you. There's no guarantee of receiving any benefit for getting a flaw in this way, but if you want it we can talk.
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incognito | Tue 08-May-07 01:50 AM |
Member since 04th Mar 2003
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#1214, "small typo / spelling"
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Hemophiliac is not the correct spelling.
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