Some questions!

[BoxingBud]

I'm really enjoying this game!

I do have some questions concerning character creation:

1. How does gender affect stats? Is it that important? My half giant berserker is kicking butt regardless, so she's happy, I'm happy.

2. What does the life/age thing mean?

3. Back to my berserker: I've decided to have her fight unarmed. Wether that's good or bad will she gain hand-to-hand skill? i've been punching stuff for a while and haven't seen an increase, maybe there's many factors?

All in all I think this is a good product! Also politics be dammed.

[Tactamaryl]

Males start with a little more strength, females start with a little more fellowship. I don't know much about the life/age thing, but I'm assuming it's possible for characters to age to death through magic/time.

[BoxingBud]

The differences seems negligible (i'm rolling characters and actually don't see a difference period) and any character can kick butt in this game. Stat rolls are what's important. Not to wax politics but I'm way more on the left side of things. Doesn't mean we can't enjoy a game because of the creators views and some implementations. Sheesh. Aaaanyway...

I do like the idea of death and age in a game, and perhaps progeny systems! Anyone know if a manual is being put together? I'm sure the fan base is big enough to contribute.

[VorpalMace]

I have a saurian berserker who fights unarmed (with a shield in his left hand). I saw his skill rise, but weapons skills seem to advance slowly by usage. He does a lot more damage with claws and bites though than with his starting weapons. I wonder if I should let him stay this way.

[BoxingBud]

I just tested that with my naga and cat-woman and their bites are considerably strong. Also the Naga gets a tail attack, the cat a claw attack. I think my giant is just bashing things, she doesn't get a biological unarmed attack. My human can punch or kick while unarmed. I might have my people just brawl for a while and see how that goes.

[streaming instability]

3. Hand to hand definitely goes up through use. How frequently is in part controlled by the INT and WIS stats (like all skill gain rates), as far as I know.

[BoxingBud]

Giants aren't the most intelligent....

[Dayve]

Originally posted by BoxingBud:

Not to wax politics but I'm way more on the left side of things. Doesn't mean we can't enjoy a game because of the creators views and some implementations.

Males having a little more strength than females isn't a left/right political thing, it's a biological/evolutionary fact that absolutely can not be disputed.

Females having more fellowship is the only part that would merit discussion. I'd say they ought to have a little more of whatever is this game's version of pain resistance, as it has been proven that females have a higher tolerance to pain (thought to be because women give birth to children, which is incredibly painful).

This only applies to human males and females however. For all I care the other races could have females which have twice as much strength as males. They're fantasy races.

[BoxingBud]

Hey like I said I'm interested in stats. Thanks for the political diatribe though.

[Dayve]

Originally posted by BoxingBud:

Hey like I said I'm interested in stats. Thanks for the political diatribe though.

It wasn't a political diatribe. It was a lesson in the irrefutable facts of life. A political diatribe would be if I started talking to you about my political beliefs. I didn't mention my political beliefs at all. I merely mentioned some absolute facts about human males and females.

[illustrious.jfunk]

One thing to keep in mind with males/females is if you choose one that is further away from the minimum requirements for the class, you're losing some of the bonus points from your roll.

In other words, if you're interested in getting as high a bonus as possible, use males for classes that require strength and females for classes that require Fellowship.

[BoxingBud]

Dayve what I`m trying to say is I don`t care. The politics come into play in that my impression of you in this post and others is that you probably randomly talk to people like this in public too regardless of their interest in this or not. Keep it to the city bus, keep it out of my posts. It`s not information I`m looking for, it`s information you`re obsessed with.

As for everyone else thank you I got the game information I was looking for.

[Dayve]

Originally posted by BoxingBud:

Dayve what I`m trying to say is I don`t care. The politics come into play in that my impression of you in this post and others is that you probably randomly talk to people like this in public too regardless of their interest in this or not. Keep it to the city bus, keep it out of my posts. It`s not information I`m looking for, it`s information you`re obsessed with.

As for everyone else thank you I got the game information I was looking for.

I'm not obsessed with it at all. You said in your post that you didn't want to get into politics, but the biological differences between men and women are not politics. They're facts.

[BoxingBud]

Uh ok cool. Hey I think your mom`s calling.

[Rostere]

Originally posted by BoxingBud:

I'm really enjoying this game!

I do have some questions concerning character creation:

1. How does gender affect stats? Is it that important? My half giant berserker is kicking butt regardless, so she's happy, I'm happy.

2. What does the life/age thing mean?

3. Back to my berserker: I've decided to have her fight unarmed. Wether that's good or bad will she gain hand-to-hand skill? i've been punching stuff for a while and haven't seen an increase, maybe there's many factors?

All in all I think this is a good product! Also politics be dammed.

Some questions:

How can you enjoy the game when you do not own it?

[BoxingBud]

:D