Re: (TFT) High Level Play

[Nathan Easton <n.m.easton@gmail.com>]

I think you could use the encumbrance rules as a guideline.  Someone with,
for example, 25 strength is strong enough to haul around 50 kilos or
thereabouts before they get into much of a penalty.  So, you're as strong as
a guy who could run around with a hundred pound backpack and not be
particularly inconvenienced by it.  A guy with 30 strength could carry
around 60 kilos, so still not up over 200 pounds without being substantially
slowed.

What that tells us is that strength ratings increase at a more linear rate
than the exponential one you'd see for a superhero type character.



On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:03 PM, <mejobo@comcast.net> wrote:

> I'd say that points (for ST, DX, and IQ) are relative...
> I view it like this:
> ST
> 1-5 small animals, very weak old people or species, children.
> 6-7: Very weak person, like a very old man (who isn't on his death bed, as
> above) or perhaps a 10 year old.
> 8: Weaker person, but not so much that they are considered ridiculously
> abnormal- most teenaged girls, an out of shape fellow, etc.
> 9: At this point you are more like 'average.' Still a bit on the low end,
> but you are strong enough to do most things- use a sword, a bow, break down
> a light door if necessary and given a few tries, etc.
> 10: You are truly about average in strength.
> 11: You are truly about average in strength. And I'm serious. I think 10/11
> is around average for a stat, and really this one just varies for different
> sized people, sexes, etc. But 10-11 is basically average strength.
> 12: A strong guy, but not like really strong. This is probably more like
> average for a soldier.
> 13-15: At this point you are pretty strong.... still not like abnormally
> so, and many people are like you, but you are one of the tougher guys.
> 16-20: You are really, really strong. Still within human norms, but you are
> well muscled, can easily carry large weapons and lift large amounts of
> weight, and exert a large amount of force.
> 20+: You are in the "super strong" level..... mostly, in real life, this
> involves steroids. Could be a low level superhero even.
>
>
> DX
> 1-7: absolute clutz. On the lower end its not even possible... you'd need
> to be nigh on brain dead for such a low DX>
> 8: You are not very good at hand eye coordination and such. The regular
> 'kinda clutzy' dude.
> 9: Still not a great athlete or anything, but you aren't so bad. Probably
> this is close to average for many people who aren't in their 20s.
> 10: this is average for people who are younger/fairly healthy.
> 11: Average for slightly more athletic types, but not for great swordsmen
> and archers... more like someone who has good control of their body
> naturally, but not a lot of training for applying it to much.
> 12-14: You are starting to be a good archer, or a good swordsmen. Not
> nearly the best, but you are capable in a fight, and can easily do simpler
> tasks like jumping a small chasm.
> 15-17: Really skilled, a sharpshooter or fencer.
> 18+: as you get really high you are truly god like in control over your
> body and such, and are accurate no matter what, but at the lower end you are
> more like a really, really good person in real life... one of the top
> archers, fighters, etc.
>
>
> IQ:
> 6-7: dumb.
> 8: Far from intelligent, but this shows more a lack of experience and skill
> than a lack of intelligence.
> 9: Same as above but slightly better.
> 10: about average intelligence/experience. You can learn the skills needed
> to do most work at this point.
> 11-12: Above average. More skilled labor, more experience, or just plain
> smarter.
> 13-16: Quite bright. Can learn most anything and quite a few things too. At
> this point its hard to get this high without a fairly good natural
> intelligence, although experience is important too to get this high.
> 17-18: Really, really experienced, educated, and very smart naturally.
> Higher than 18: getting into the genius bits then. Unlike DX and ST, I
> think IQ can easily get up into the 30's and still be 'possible in real
> life.'
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jay Carlisle" <Jay_Carlisle@charter.net>
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 4, 2010 12:22:22 AM
> Subject: Re: (TFT) High Level Play
>
> What does 1 point of Strength mean exactally?
>
> If you wanna allow a Connan that's three times as strong as the strongest
> "muggle" then the only way I know what your talking about is if the bloody
> term is defined ahead of time so I know what you mean by 36 ST.
> As it is 36 ST may as well equal the following characters <$TF(Q
> Has anybody ever considered that if a player gets their Figure up around
> Pomfrey brothers ST then they are likely to be able to beat their way outta
> much "standard" construstion?
> If I make the pesants build with wattle and daub then there will be a
> pit/pond around most of that construction.
> Any of those poor wattle and daub consturction guys would be screwed out
> where "I" live as the "soil" is practically sand.
>
> I love bouncing theory with folks but the part that makes us all "playing
> the same game" is an agreement of the terms like 'what does 1 pt of ST
> mean?'
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