[freeroleplay] Re: Updates to FRINGE Wiki
- From: Ricardo Gladwell <ax0n@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: freeroleplay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 18:09:56 +0000
Samuel Penn wrote:
> This reminds me of the various Roads/Paths in Vampire. They are
> similar to personality traits, though are far more wide ranging.
> Each has 10 levels, and each level has a 'sin' associated with it.
Its a great idea, the only problem is applying it for a wide range of
personality types. It would take years to catalogue each and every
personality traits and define a set of levels for them. It's reasonable
for such things as vampire roads, but I can see problems when trying to
apply this over the wider range of human personality. Wouldi t be
possiblt to define a series of basic progressions that could be used to
define a personality? How annoying would players find this?
> Another personality system I'll mention, is that used by Pendragon.
> A character has a number of paired traits, on a scale from 1 to 20.
> For instance, Chaste and Lust is one pair. The total of the pair
> always adds up to 20, so if Chaste is 7, then Lust is 13.
This has more possibilities, especially linking opposing traits with
various philosophies or religions. However, this is subtly different to
personality traits. The above represents a system of personal belief
rather than a system representing personalities.
> For a fantasy setting, it could be interesting to have each of
> the different religions have different sets of expected traits.
> You don't get bonuses for playing to individual traits, but
> bonuses may be applied once all the necessary traits are at the
> right level.
I like the above idea: perhaps becomming a member of certain religions
requires a certain set of personality traits as prerequisites? Buddhism
might require a minimum level of Calm 3 to join, for example.
> The problem with personality stats is that it is difficult to
> find a balance between useful, and restrictive. I find that
> 95% of the time, they're useless. In the other 5% though, they
> are very useful, enough to make them worth having.
On the subject of the FRINGE personality traits as they stand, perhaps
we could simply remove and bonuses or penalties associated with them and
instead, simply have personality traits as a way of inspiring characters
to roleplay their characters... i.e. you get so many XP if you fulfill a
personality trait?
The final option is to simply not have personality traits for FRINGE, or
have them in an 'optional rules' section until we have a better-defined
system.
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Ricardo Gladwell
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