Ark: thread of tough love and abuse #4
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:18 am
what do you prefer? the love or the abuse?
this seemed like a hot topic so I figured it deserved its own thread.
racial disciplines
in the Final Haven game system every race except humans (RACISTS) get a discipline unique to them. personally I do not agree with this as I feel it draws people to races the don't like or care about simply for a mechanical benefit. this leads to said races being portrayed and role-played poorly.
their are counter arguments and reasons I am aware of and I still don't agree with them, even if it does turn everyone into different color humanoids (guess what the difference between African Americans, Native Americans, Asians, and Europeans is?)
Disciplines further don't fit the racial theme because they are optional, so an Orc can be no different than a Dwarf, they just have the option to be. Systems have done races well and in this system there is room for improvement and rather then just saying don't do it (I will anyway, don't do it) I have decided to come up with solutions to the problems.
1) include humans into your bonuses (RACISTS)
2) remove racial disciplines, actually, just rename the disciplines and let anyone pick from them.
3) remove the extra life from everyone but human (RACISTS) and just chalk it to costume.
4) instead of racial disciplines add 1 positive bonus, and 1 negative bonus
an example of #4 would be:
Orc - they are strong but fast to anger. they can always resist press, but never resist taunt.
Tsunotaur - strong but not very acute. they have +1 combat reflex, but gain no benefit from the spot skill.
Avyana - are very acute but delicate. the gain access to the spot skill, but may never resist press.
Dwarf - are hardy but take long to travel. gain +1 minute bleed out time but travel time is doubled.
these are all examples thought up at time of posting and should be treated as such, if they suck, or are broken, I don't really care. simply posting an idea.
if your going to do race differences please do them well. in the case of number 4 humans having no bonus and no negative could actually be a good thing.
-Ar__________________>(^_^)>k "I stole the k!!!"
this seemed like a hot topic so I figured it deserved its own thread.
racial disciplines
in the Final Haven game system every race except humans (RACISTS) get a discipline unique to them. personally I do not agree with this as I feel it draws people to races the don't like or care about simply for a mechanical benefit. this leads to said races being portrayed and role-played poorly.
their are counter arguments and reasons I am aware of and I still don't agree with them, even if it does turn everyone into different color humanoids (guess what the difference between African Americans, Native Americans, Asians, and Europeans is?)
Disciplines further don't fit the racial theme because they are optional, so an Orc can be no different than a Dwarf, they just have the option to be. Systems have done races well and in this system there is room for improvement and rather then just saying don't do it (I will anyway, don't do it) I have decided to come up with solutions to the problems.
1) include humans into your bonuses (RACISTS)
2) remove racial disciplines, actually, just rename the disciplines and let anyone pick from them.
3) remove the extra life from everyone but human (RACISTS) and just chalk it to costume.
4) instead of racial disciplines add 1 positive bonus, and 1 negative bonus
an example of #4 would be:
Orc - they are strong but fast to anger. they can always resist press, but never resist taunt.
Tsunotaur - strong but not very acute. they have +1 combat reflex, but gain no benefit from the spot skill.
Avyana - are very acute but delicate. the gain access to the spot skill, but may never resist press.
Dwarf - are hardy but take long to travel. gain +1 minute bleed out time but travel time is doubled.
these are all examples thought up at time of posting and should be treated as such, if they suck, or are broken, I don't really care. simply posting an idea.
if your going to do race differences please do them well. in the case of number 4 humans having no bonus and no negative could actually be a good thing.
-Ar__________________>(^_^)>k "I stole the k!!!"