tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850608927765903595.post4712882811232616591..comments2011-12-22T19:14:43.485-08:00Comments on ...You Find A Deck of Many Things.: Psychic Power and the Telepath Question.Kainenchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17790371621907596051noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850608927765903595.post-29996129145035614052011-03-28T15:08:41.202-07:002011-03-28T15:08:41.202-07:00Sort of a priorities/things I care about system? T...Sort of a priorities/things I care about system? That's not a bad idea. I can see balancing telepathic/empathic/telempathic things with kinetic things (and those poor precogs/metabolics) as about as difficult as balancing ranged and melee combat in other games. <br /><br />I also would need to decide how I would allow/disallow having multiple psychic powers. a Telempath is definitely better than either/or, but I think that in a game setting, someone would verily have to be limited to only 2 powers, or... well, potentially, a limited pool of points where each power category had a value, like, okay, I have 10 points, and I can have up to 10 in a given power which represents my potential in it, so if I want more than one of any given power, it limits how far I'm able to go in it, or something like that.<br /><br />Though that gets to the point where it would be easier to do with sliders on a computer screen. :PKainenchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17790371621907596051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850608927765903595.post-45617384916327201552011-03-28T14:47:02.633-07:002011-03-28T14:47:02.633-07:00So I've been thinking about this a bit more, a...So I've been thinking about this a bit more, and I think you could make a pretty cool system out of using the strength of conviction as a modifier to skill rolls. So someone could have, say, five goals at 1 and four goals at 2, as well as a separate stack of "how badly I need this short-term thing" (like "killing the motherfucker right in front of me" or whatever). Leadership abilities might temporarily strengthen existing convictions or add new ones, while telepathic and empathic abilities have their difficulties set by those relative strengths.<br /><br />The core of my thinking on this comes from Pendragon's sort of shaky Passions system, and is also informed by Shadows of Azathoth's quantified "strength of a memory."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333781524640845035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850608927765903595.post-53805599333367415672011-03-19T07:12:23.988-07:002011-03-19T07:12:23.988-07:00@Wendy-- I probably wouldn't use the system I&...@Wendy-- I probably wouldn't use the system I'm outlining for Dawning Star, as Red Truth is so much it's own thing. I might wind up writing a new system for Psionic gaming, however. <br /><br />@Haven-- you're not wrong, and that's where a bidding system not unlike Nobilis would make a lot of sense. One of the things I am worried about, though, is running out of steam too early. I think the idea of actions that are contested and actions that are not contested will also wind up being pretty important. The main questions it occurs to me to need to answer is how much does anything cost right out of the gate, and how long is it depleted. Anyway, it all merits much more thought than I've given it thusfar.Kainenchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17790371621907596051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850608927765903595.post-49259758503297352872011-03-15T17:04:57.034-07:002011-03-15T17:04:57.034-07:00As we talked about tonight, I think that quantifyi...As we talked about tonight, I think that quantifying mental things, such as urges and drives, to balance telepathy and empathy is pretty crucial. I think that's part of where I'd want to start if I were creating rules for this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333781524640845035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850608927765903595.post-69859541887266537752011-03-15T15:25:56.578-07:002011-03-15T15:25:56.578-07:00If you kill me during character creation, I will d...If you kill me during character creation, I will demand cheese as the only fair and just recompense.<br /><br />Also, I like the list.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15834320885326081599noreply@blogger.com