Re: (TFT) 3 pairs of sub-attributes. Been done before? --> Superscripts.

["Craig W. Barber" <craigwbar@comcast.net>]

Which TSG was that "disadvantages" article in, anyway?  I've got to dig out
the original out of the closet, I've lost my notes on it.
Thanks!  CB
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Superscripts.


  My own solution to the occasional need to split TFT attributes is to use
  disadvantages: Specifically my Limited St, Limited Dx, and Limited IQ
disads. So a
  character might take high St and levels of Limited St to represent being
  tough but not buff, or high Dx and levels of Limited Dx to represent being
agile
  but clumsy with his hands (or vice versa), or high IQ and levels of Limited
IQ
  to represent being experienced and strong-willed, but not terribly witty or
  perceptive.

  I should note that I've recast disads in TFT as negative cost talents;
  they're things that give points to buy more talents, spells, etc., rather
than
  granting points of attributes directly.

  Query for the list: Does anyone here have a strong game-design argument in
  favor of having TFT disads add to a character's attributes rather than his
  "skill points"? Or is it mostly done that way only because the original
Space Gamer
  article did things that way?

  Erol K. Bayburt
  Evil Genius for a Better Tomorrow

  In a message dated 11/11/2006 7:40:56 PM Central Standard Time,
  paleryder1@verizon.net writes:


  > Thanks Rick. I think that the three attribute structure of TFT is
sometimes
  >
  > seen as a weakness because the level of abstraction is sometimes hard to
  > grasp and I think our culture, in general, leads us to things more
detailed.
  >
  > I think that for the most part TFT's level of abstraction is fine but, as
  > some have pointed out, you lose a little detail as the rules are written.
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