Re: Re: Narrative characteristics
connruadan wrote:
>
> I was mainly aiming at providing players with what you depict as "a
> reasonable set of interesting abilities". I wanted to make it
> compulsory to have at least a body and a mind ability (whether
> broad/keyword or not).
>
*nod* I can see that, although there is a lot to be said for defining
things broadly. i.e. - If someone picks "Warrior" there is a lot you can
assume about having some decent physical ability.
>
> My question came from my experience with new players : HQ2 offers "too
> much" freedom to create your character. You can then easily miss
> something important and end up with a not reasonable set of still
> interesting abilities (having built a too focused character for instance).
>
I think this is a possibility, but that encouraging a certain amount of
"keyword thought" helps avoid it. If you have people take a couple of
abilities that are broad descriptors of many related aspects, then you
cover a lot of ground. Culture keywords give many social applications,
and professions cover many physical and skills.
>
> The as-you-go method will surely prevent most of these problems.
> For the list and narrative methods, I guess I have to remind players
> that their character is a whole : body, mind, relationships, magic,
> religion, etc. It may help not forgetting something important.
>
LC
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