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Post by John on Jul 27, 2008 9:54:30 GMT -8
I would like to propose we change Charisma to Qi, simply because thats what its mostly used for, changing the requirements for things to Qi, and for the gang stuff insteads of it requiring a certain amount of Cha, instead have it need a certain amount of EXP.
This is a quick proposition because I dont have the mental capability this afternoon to write out a long winded explanation.
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Post by kai on Jul 27, 2008 9:55:56 GMT -8
I second this notion.
How about we change Int to the requirement for making a gang? It takes brains to run one, doesn't it...?
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Post by "Unfettered" on Jul 27, 2008 10:07:07 GMT -8
Arguable. You can be as intelligent as you'd like, which is always good to start a gang, but if you come off as nothing more than an awkward butterfly, people may not like it. And not all of the gangs created have always been run by the brightest of people. Generally, that's where secondary ranks, lieutenants, etcetera, are created, but the big boss can be a total meat head.
There's more I want to write, but I'm rather busy today, but...
Generally, so long as the leader can attract like-minded individuals, or just attract them outright, that's all that's technically needed to start a gang. And didn't we already justify why we use Charisma instead of a blatant Qi statistic? Qi would definetely make it easy, but having the current definition we have for Charisma, it makes it broad and outright usable. By simply shutting it to 'Qi', we go down to limit the 'Qi/Charisma's usefulness as a statistic overall. If it came to that, then alternatively we could just remove that statistic and have Qi based on Leon's way of calculating a person's power-level.
...But I'm conservative when it comes to this, so my stance would (even after looking at all these angles) be to remain with the 'Charisma' statistic.
---I'll write something more thorough later, when I find more time for it.
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Post by Mr. H on Jul 27, 2008 18:10:44 GMT -8
To run a gang you need leadership skills, that falls more under Charisma then anything. I know a lot of smart people I wouldn't follow to the store let alone for a cause, but there are some stupid people with a certain charm to them that makes people want to follow them. Thus gangs would be more of a Charisma thing anyways.
As for Qi usage my question is this. What would be the benefit to changing this? For instance making it so sigs appear in all the posts makes it easy to reference the information in the sig. Or changing the post ranks so that you don't age with post count makes it so character's can age at the RPers pace.
Honestly I don't really see the point of this since the Charisma stat seems to be working fine as it is. If you think it is a bit "weaker" then Strength, Constitution, and Dexterity then you would be correct. Those have clear purposes, where Int, Wis, and Cha are more of a Gray area. Though I will admit that it doesn't help that people with 5 Int or Cha try to portray themselves as smart and charming. But thats because people try to make their characters the best and doing that is a way to cut corners so they can put more points in to the physical stats.
If you made it a straight up Qi score then it would pretty much turn in to a pissing match over who's Qi was stronger, and the stat would be useless to characters who don't have a Qi. So for the moment I am going to have to respectfully say nay to this for my vote. Unless you can convince me that this is a good idea that is.
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Post by Roy Atenwood on Jul 27, 2008 18:41:48 GMT -8
Mr H hit the nail on the head here. And so did Mikey.
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Post by Zack Asiv on Jul 28, 2008 9:12:44 GMT -8
Alright Charisma stays. I was just making sure everyone liked the idea of Charisma's use.
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Post by meigan on Jul 28, 2008 12:39:32 GMT -8
Well I've always thought that was a major attribute to a Qi's power, Charisma. But I also like the word Charisma, as it can mean other things too than just Qi. Influence and what not, how impressionable the character is on others, rp fight and Qi wise, yanno?
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Post by Fontes on Jul 29, 2008 5:47:11 GMT -8
Stats are cool the way they are, no need to change them. Plain and simple.
Would say more, but what I would say has already been said, so... meh. XD
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