Hey, you can now check you skills.

[deadboy]

Archery was far too easy. I got bored of it

[formerly known as hf]

I found rocket science far too simplistic, that bored me.

[deadboy]

No seriously, have you ever tried achery when you have a sight that you have managed to get set to your right settings? Archery becomes pointless, as you can never miss the bullseye. Ever. It is far too easy

[Hellzon]

It really cheezes me, it's a long time since I did any RL role playing, and I only did it a few times, but you couldn't choose your attributes then so why should you here...

I take it you played old-school D&D*, then? 'Cause most current roleplaying games do indeed let you choose attributes. Not that I know what that has to do with this thread.

And for the record, I think the skilll list is a good idea. DEATH to all those "My skills"-notes. And the captain who asked for his crew's skills gets my approval. I count myself in the "try to ignore the skills" camp, but I'm not going to scold those that use it for what it's for.

*)Dungeons & Dragons, for you non-RPing heathens

/Hellzon - roleplayer, anti-skillist and unskilled leader

[Surly]

We going to see our strength now?

[marol]

I don't think so. I put on that list only skills which were visible before too. Strenght was not, so I didn't put it on the screen.

Maybe if GAC or Jos allow... then why not.

[Talapus]

I am for it. Of all of the skills, strength seems like it would be the most obvious. I mean, you should be able to determine if you are an emaciated skeleton or a hulking ogre.

[marol]

Well, I can agree with that, but the decision is not up to me.

[SekoETC]

Hey yeah, it should be visible to others too. This person is average built / muscular / skinny / what ever.

[deadboy]

Ok I'm all for that if it wern't for one reason...... previously Rped characters. Say take one of mine, I am trying to give him a childish persona, so I think of him as quite short (people pat him on the head) and quite smallish built. If I then find out he is a hulking brute is will pretty much completely muck up the RP

[SekoETC]

Yeah... It's going to be hard to explain my 6 ft tall big guy suddenly turning into a feather bag. This far I've explained it to me so that he's subconsciously holding back his strenght because he doesn't really want to hurt anyone. Awkward in fighting and low physical strenght, it's like the stars were against him.

[Surly]

Ok I'm all for that if it wern't for one reason...... previously Rped characters. Say take one of mine, I am trying to give him a childish persona, so I think of him as quite short (people pat him on the head) and quite smallish built. If I then find out he is a hulking brute is will pretty much completely muck up the RP

And now you feel this is a problem?

It has been shown that previous RP takes a back seat to "realism"... that is part of my problem with skills. But, as I have always said, if we have to have skills, make them visible. If not to others, then just to yourself... I have no problem with that (well, beyond the obvious... )

[Joshuamonkey]

You can be short and strong too! I am!

[Leo Luncid]

Yeah... It's going to be hard to explain my 6 ft tall big guy suddenly turning into a feather bag. This far I've explained it to me so that he's subconsciously holding back his strenght because he doesn't really want to hurt anyone. Awkward in fighting and low physical strenght, it's like the stars were against him.

You can be tall and weak as well; I know I am!