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Subject: "A couple of flaws I wouldn't mind seeing."

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Homard	Sat 24-Jul-10 12:33 PM
Member since 10th Apr 2010 959 posts

#34103, "A couple of flaws I wouldn't mind seeing."

Old: Adds years to your character's starting age. Can be taken multiple times.

Obviously none of the bonuses associated with aging would kick in, but the negatives would. For example, if you flaw yourself to mature, you don't get any +STR, but if you flaw yourself to middle-aged, you do get -STR.

Vegetarian: A character with this flaw who eats any food flagged as meat or flesh gets a poison effect for 12 hours.

Carnivore: A character with this flaw who eats any food flagged as plant gets a poison effect for 12 hours.

I realize that simply roleplaying these last two is an option, but I like the imperative it adds. If you have one of these flaws and run out of food in the wrong place you're put into a rather dire situation.

This is the part where you tell me that there are 10,000 food items in the game and 99% of them are simply flagged as "food."

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RE: A couple of flaws I wouldn't mind seeing., Isildur, 24-Jul-10 02:15 PM, #1

I didn't think you got edge points for taking flaws. Do..., Pro, 24-Jul-10 02:25 PM, #2

It's been said that the edge points you recieve aren't ..., wareagle, 24-Jul-10 02:35 PM, #3

RE: It's been said that the edge points you recieve are..., Isildur, 24-Jul-10 04:49 PM, #6

So, make it like 'Repulsive.', Homard, 24-Jul-10 05:01 PM, #7

It'd be better as Isildur describes., Scrimbul, 24-Jul-10 09:21 PM, #8

RE: So, make it like 'Repulsive.', Daevryn, 24-Jul-10 09:57 PM, #9

You get some., Java, 24-Jul-10 02:35 PM, #4

Then simply do not give edge points for these flaws. , Dervish, 24-Jul-10 02:45 PM, #5

Isildur	Sat 24-Jul-10 02:15 PM
Member since 04th Mar 2003 5969 posts

#34104, "RE: A couple of flaws I wouldn't mind seeing."
In response to Reply #0

I don't like the aged thing. Its like saying, "I'm only going to play for 200 hours, but I want to take as many edges as possible to juice up my throwaway character."

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Pro	Sat 24-Jul-10 02:25 PM
Member since 14th Apr 2010 776 posts

#34105, "I didn't think you got edge points for taking flaws. Do..."
In response to Reply #1

xdbsd

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wareagle	Sat 24-Jul-10 02:35 PM
Member since 19th Aug 2007 209 posts

#34106, "It's been said that the edge points you recieve aren't ..."
In response to Reply #2

n/t

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Isildur	Sat 24-Jul-10 04:49 PM
Member since 04th Mar 2003 5969 posts

#34111, "RE: It's been said that the edge points you recieve are..."
In response to Reply #3

That's the way its intended to be. But, with his proposed edge, a person who's only going to play the character 200 hours *anyway* really doesn't "lose" anything. So its like free edge points.

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Homard	Sat 24-Jul-10 05:01 PM
Member since 10th Apr 2010 959 posts

#34112, "So, make it like 'Repulsive.'"
In response to Reply #6

It has an affect, but doesn't garner edge points.

The point is that some roles don't work out so well when your level 1 human is sixteen.

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Scrimbul	Sat 24-Jul-10 09:21 PM
Member since 22nd Apr 2003 884 posts

#34115, "It'd be better as Isildur describes."
In response to Reply #7

If those of us that only play for 150-200 hours anyway want to trade character longevity for edge points, we should be able to do that.

It's not as if these characters are going to get con quests and/or be very likely to get rewards and/or less likely to be denied/slain for toeing the line on RP (in fact it will probably happen more often)

But 'most' people in Thera shouldn't be living longer than whatever duration of time 200 hours is anyway.

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Daevryn	Sat 24-Jul-10 09:57 PM
Member since 13th Feb 2007 11117 posts

#34116, "RE: So, make it like 'Repulsive.'"
In response to Reply #7

If I were ever to decide to add this kind of edge, this is the form it would take.

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Java	Sat 24-Jul-10 02:35 PM
Member since 07th Apr 2003 1055 posts

#34107, "You get some."
In response to Reply #2

But the theory is, it isn't proportional to what you're giving up. Flaws are intended to always be a net-loss. But yes, you do get some edge points for it.

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Dervish	Sat 24-Jul-10 02:45 PM
Member since 11th Oct 2003 617 posts

#34109, "Then simply do not give edge points for these flaws. "
In response to Reply #1

And I like them, especially about aging.

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