tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267677579874715622.post5499648749208445275..comments2024-03-24T19:23:14.865-07:00Comments on Cave of the Dice Chucker: Gold vs. Abilities: Unintended ConsequencesTimrod http://www.blogger.com/profile/15308269015770538709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267677579874715622.post-597250024460438382012-05-31T12:19:39.954-07:002012-05-31T12:19:39.954-07:00Another flash of brilliance, Timrod. So intuitive ...Another flash of brilliance, Timrod. So intuitive - can't believe it's not been proposed before (which translates as, "I'm jealous that I didn't think of it first.").Erin Smalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085303583608172242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267677579874715622.post-33411526876786703142012-05-31T09:49:50.814-07:002012-05-31T09:49:50.814-07:00The Social Status principle does seem to dovetail ...The Social Status principle does seem to dovetail quite nicely.<br /><br />Personally, though, I like the weightlessness of the "Gold" score: it's just how much money you've been able to invest into your career to date and does not reflect any specific baggage from your past. That way I can make up any number of reasons why my thief has 150 GPs in his pocket the day he graduates from thief school--had a wealthy patron, successful previous career as a cobbler, took some insider trading tips and is now wanted by the SEC, etc.--or I can ignore the matter entirely, just as I don't have to justify his wisdom or constitution scores.Timrod https://www.blogger.com/profile/15308269015770538709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267677579874715622.post-47039957618065099042012-05-30T19:42:28.550-07:002012-05-30T19:42:28.550-07:00I like it.
Might also work with using Starting Go...I like it.<br /><br />Might also work with using Starting Gold as Social Status (7th attribute). See <a href="http://bxblackrazor.blogspot.com/2011/04/s-is-for-social-status.html" rel="nofollow">S is for the Social Status</a>. A boost in Prime Requisite at a cost to Money/Status.Zenopus Archiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.com