RPG stats

[jethrien]

Yay! Another bandwagon!

So edgehopper's started the "Your stats in D&D terms" trend. Well, I posted my d20 stats as a reply to his post, but I really do prefer the World of Darkness system. System works as follows - you get one dot (point) in each category automatically ('cause otherwise, you're pretty much dead). Then you get 7, 5, and 3 points, which you assign to each category (mental, social, physical). Since you're allowed to go back later in character creation and use freebie points to add to these and other stats, you can add an extra point or two if you think it's really justified. (So a 1 is a sickly weakling/moron/incredibly ugly person, a 5 is an Olympian/Nobel laureate/Hollywood superstar.)

Physical
Strength 2
Dexterity 3
Stamina 1 (see explanation for the incredibly low constitution in response to edgehopper)

Social
Charisma 3
Manipulation 2
Appearance 4 (added a point here, at Chuck's insistence. He's biased, but it's not like I'm that objective here, either.)

Mental
Perception 3
Intelligence 4
Wits 3

Definitely a mage. Probably Order of Hermes.

Comments

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

Formal, traditional, with a great deal of emphasis on elaborate ritual and a huge amount of history behind it? Definitely a more appealing way to do magic. Sorry, I'm just not a good enough engineer to want to be a Son of Ether.