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GunnerJ
post Aug 28 2003, 10:29 PM
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I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in thinking that players should have to spend a certain amount of time as well as karma to increase their attributes and skills. And while it's easy enough to imagine what characters spend their time on in learning skills, raising attributes is more difficult. I started this thread to share ideas on how players are supposed to spend time in order to raise attributes.

I have worked out a rough scheme for myself:

Body: Aerobic exercise, dieting
Quickness: Stretching and flexibility exercise
Strength: Weightlifing and other non-aerobic exercises designed to increase muscle mass
Charisma: time spent socializing
Intellegence: not sure
Willpower: not sure
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- GunnerJ   Improving character attributes   Aug 28 2003, 10:29 PM
- - Fortune   Not necessarily related to your question, but I li...   Aug 28 2003, 10:43 PM
- - motorfirebox   *headscratch* actually, that seems kinda stupid, t...   Aug 28 2003, 11:38 PM
- - Sphynx   Guaranteed to be the minority here, but my opinion...   Aug 29 2003, 07:03 AM
- - Zazen   QUOTE There's nothing wrong with going from 2 ...   Aug 29 2003, 08:39 AM
- - kenny26   well, my idea about the exercises needed to raise ...   Aug 29 2003, 10:28 AM
- - Mightyflapjack   Hey, Dieting should raise willpower also,   Aug 29 2003, 01:28 PM
- - Dashifen   The way I've always considered it is that in r...   Aug 29 2003, 01:54 PM
- - motorfirebox   i'm with sphynx too, really. i mean, if a char...   Aug 29 2003, 02:19 PM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (Sphynx) There's nothing wrong with goin...   Aug 29 2003, 05:08 PM
- - Kurukami   As a player, I'll look towards raising my Body...   Aug 29 2003, 05:35 PM
- - Turtle   QUOTE (Fortune) Not necessarily related to your qu...   Aug 29 2003, 05:37 PM
- - Talondel   QUOTE (Fortune) I'm talking about an adult who...   Aug 29 2003, 06:05 PM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (Turtle @ Aug 29 2003, 01:37 PM) You me...   Aug 29 2003, 06:12 PM
- - Sphynx   QUOTE (Fortune)QUOTE (Sphynx @ Aug 29 2003, 0...   Aug 29 2003, 06:14 PM
- - Fortune   Before you start assuming that I railroad my playe...   Aug 29 2003, 06:18 PM
- - motorfirebox   i'm not sure where you got your ideas about pe...   Aug 29 2003, 06:21 PM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (motorfirebox) i'm not sure where you go...   Aug 29 2003, 06:43 PM
- - Raptor1033   I remember about 4 years ago (i'm 21 now) we ...   Aug 29 2003, 06:54 PM
- - Sphynx   QUOTE (Fortune) I just think there should be some ...   Aug 29 2003, 08:53 PM
- - Turtle   QUOTE (Sphynx) No there shouldn't. The only l...   Aug 29 2003, 09:41 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   QUOTE (Turtle) Which is not quite true...there sti...   Aug 29 2003, 10:55 PM
- - Fortune   So, in your view then, every single person has the...   Aug 29 2003, 11:05 PM
- - Everial   I'd argue (at least for right now) one can fin...   Aug 29 2003, 11:44 PM
- - toturi   I do not normally ask that my players come up with...   Aug 30 2003, 06:59 AM
- - Fygg Nuuton   QUOTE (Fortune) So, in your view then, every singl...   Aug 30 2003, 07:04 AM
- - Sphynx   QUOTE (Fortune) So, in your view then, every singl...   Aug 30 2003, 07:32 AM
- - Sphynx   QUOTE (GunnerJ) I started this thread to share ide...   Aug 30 2003, 07:36 AM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (Sphynx @ Aug 30 2003, 03:32 AM) There ...   Aug 30 2003, 02:23 PM
- - Sphynx   The game already does, you can see the chart the g...   Aug 30 2003, 03:45 PM
- - Mightyflapjack   In the end, a character could always use genetic t...   Aug 30 2003, 04:24 PM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (Sphynx @ Aug 30 2003, 11:45 AM) You...   Aug 30 2003, 06:33 PM
- - Turtle   QUOTE (Sphynx) The game already does, you can see ...   Aug 30 2003, 07:24 PM
- - Talondel   So, just curious... but why is it perfectly okay f...   Aug 30 2003, 07:33 PM
- - Turtle   QUOTE (Talondel) So, just curious... but why is it...   Aug 30 2003, 07:49 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   QUOTE (Turtle) I limit "natural" advance...   Aug 30 2003, 08:08 PM
- - Sphynx   The question is "Why?". What does it ...   Aug 30 2003, 08:12 PM
- - Cain   The thing to remember is, Shadowrunners are not Jo...   Aug 30 2003, 10:30 PM
- - Slamm-O   I dont' even know where to start. Obviously a...   Aug 30 2003, 11:13 PM
- - Turtle   QUOTE (Herald of Verjigorm @ Aug 30 2003, 10:...   Aug 30 2003, 11:41 PM
- - Buzzed   All players souldn't have an attribute or skil...   Aug 30 2003, 11:47 PM
- - Turtle   QUOTE (Sphynx) The question is "Why?". ...   Aug 31 2003, 12:02 AM
- - Zazen   Rather than make it impossible with stat caps and ...   Aug 31 2003, 12:06 AM
- - Blackened25   All I ask of my players, in regards to increasing ...   Sep 12 2003, 04:18 AM
- - Curugul   QUOTE I have repeatedly stated that I do not use t...   Sep 12 2003, 09:25 AM
- - Sphynx   Hey now...... I do agree though. Mundanes are...   Sep 12 2003, 10:47 AM
- - Talia Invierno   So how many people have actually managed to canon-...   Sep 12 2003, 04:52 PM
- - Solidcobra   okay, think of it this way: WHY the crap would you...   Sep 12 2003, 07:05 PM
- - =-_RaVeN_-=   QUOTE (Solidcobra) okay, think of it this way: WHY...   Sep 13 2003, 12:07 AM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (Curugul) Yes, Fortune, you are entitled to ...   Sep 13 2003, 03:04 AM
- - Curugul   I'll accept that, if you but answer me this Fo...   Sep 13 2003, 07:07 AM
- - Fortune   Strangely enough, even when I did run games with l...   Sep 13 2003, 07:17 AM
- - Sphynx   How far does that go if you don't allow attrib...   Sep 13 2003, 07:53 AM
- - Sunday_Gamer   As a general rule we don't require training in...   Sep 13 2003, 08:01 AM
- - Fortune   Not allowing Attribute increases is a totally diff...   Sep 13 2003, 08:01 AM
- - toturi   Yup, most of the attribute increases I've seen...   Sep 13 2003, 08:59 AM
- - Sphynx   Agreed with both Toturi and Fortune. I've r...   Sep 13 2003, 09:16 AM
- - Icepick   Well, let's see here. I'm harsh and quick ...   Sep 15 2003, 01:15 AM
- - Sphynx   Oh yay, must be a blast to play in your games.... ...   Sep 15 2003, 06:15 AM
- - Fortune   Honestly, I haven't seen very many players imp...   Sep 15 2003, 06:37 AM
- - Turtle   QUOTE (Sphynx @ Sep 15 2003, 08:15 AM) Oh yay...   Sep 15 2003, 09:49 PM


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