Guide for new players?

Dorn · Post by **Dorn** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:10 pm

this was on another PW guide i saw. could something like it be useful for new players to see?

If you take starting stats below 10, make sure to role-play those stats. Examples:

Low STR: Cannot carry much, cannot swing heavy weapons, draw longbows or composite longbows, or wear heavy armor.
Low CON: Tire out quickly, almost always suffering from some kind of illness such as a cold.
Low DEX: Clumsy, bump into things a lot, trip up, dance poorly.
Low WIS: Neurotic, not quite in touch with reality. A little crazy, blames things on conspiracies, superstitious. Unable to reason out or piece together information. No common sense.
Low INT: Difficulty learning, speech impediments (slurring, stuttering, poor grammar). Unable to apply information to a given task or understand information.
Low CHA: Unable to persuade others, anti-social, word things harshly, likely to unintentionally offend someone with what you say. Poor communicator or ineffective leader.

Kest · Post by **Kest** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:20 pm

So is this an advice thread?

When doing skill checks, it is better to emote your actions after the roll instead of before - this way, your emote does not conflict with the results of the roll.

You can use italics and bold in chat by typing <i> or <b>. Italics as emotes make for a clean-looking replacement to asterisks, while bold is appropriate for emphasis on words. It is best to add these at the end of a sentence - otherwise you will need to close the tag.

Mulu · Post by **Mulu** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:23 pm

An intelligence of 8 should be equivalent to an 80 IQ. This is standard football player / cheerleader range, hardly cognitively disabled, though certainly slow to learn and not capable of understanding very complex ideas, i.e. higher math.

But yeah, we've been over this a hundred times.

ThinkTank · Post by **ThinkTank** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:53 pm

Low charisma = ugly

play an ugly character today!

No picture perfect anime ladyboys here.

Misty · Post by **Misty** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:55 pm

'sides, slurring and stuttering aren't ALWAYS and indicator of low int. Could be a problem on the mechanical side of things, rather than mental.

HATEFACE · Post by **HATEFACE** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:11 pm

What is Halaster Blackcloak's wisdom score?

psycho_leo · Post by **psycho_leo** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:30 pm

Helios wrote:What is Halaster Blackcloak's wisdom score?

FRCS says 22

HATEFACE · Post by **HATEFACE** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:43 pm

So low wisdom doesn't necessarily mean crazy. It would probably mean forgetful and an inability to piece together information.

This guide has some errors. I am willing to bet if ALFAn's put together their own guide a lot of these poor sterotypes associated with scores would be thrown out the window.

ThinkTank · Post by **ThinkTank** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:49 pm

shouldnt take long, mebbe 3 years arguing over the definitions.

Dorn · Post by **Dorn** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:25 am

k then

i would have benefitted from something clear like this to avoid my first char years ago (as a DnD and RP newb) with a low int/wis stat score but sounding like a highly educated person

but as it's too hard...

scrap it

people should consider the difference between a 'guide' and a 'rule' however as auseful means of getting accross a point without being prescriptive