Attributes/Stats

[hoytti]

Wisdom - Going to say this is the same as intelligence but maybe I'm wrong[/COLOR]

Wisdom is the ability to know how to use the knowledge you gain to your advantage. An example is stated below

Wisdom: What is the use of Knowledge without the ability to use it? Sorish does not only know information about environments but also knows how to use that information to work for him. For example. Lets say Sorish is in a forest in unmarked territory when suddenly he is attacked by another traveler who is aggressive. He can use his knowledge on the basics of forests to lead the aggressor into a trap.

[Aurelianus Drak'shal]

Intelligence is book smarts.

Wisdom is common sense.

Simple. Or at least, that's always how I've been taught / read it.

[Atzar]

I personally have a lot of experience with tabletop roleplay, which does use those stats.

But I don't believe they are right for Althanas. Physical stats, yes, because they have a direct impact on how someone interacts with another character, but I have never liked adding mental stats (namely Intelligence and Wisdom) to PbP roleplaying boards such as this. They limit creativity too much, as in the tabletop games, by defining what stats people use for casting, or saying who's smarter or has more common sense than the others. But it does not cover all possibilities.

Blood magic, people who use sheer willpower to cast, elemental magic.. none of these are adequately covered by either Intelligence or Wisdom. I believe those stats should be entirely up to the writer to determine, without being limited by the numbers.

Absolutely agree with this take.

I'm going to bluntly state my bias from the start: I greatly favor the writing element of the game/writing alloy we have here.

With that in mind, I'm not a fan of strictly enumerating all of these personal statistics. And while I recognize that physical attributes are necessary to an extent for battles, for the purposes of everything else they're somewhere between nuisance and filler. I'm just trying to write a story. A page of stats doesn't get me any closer to achieving that end.

[Sanste]

Updated the main list on the initial post.

I personally have a lot of experience with tabletop roleplay, which does use those stats.

But I don't believe they are right for Althanas. Physical stats, yes, because they have a direct impact on how someone interacts with another character, but I have never liked adding mental stats (namely Intelligence and Wisdom) to PbP roleplaying boards such as this. They limit creativity too much, as in the tabletop games, by defining what stats people use for casting, or saying who's smarter or has more common sense than the others. But it does not cover all possibilities.

Blood magic, people who use sheer willpower to cast, elemental magic.. none of these are adequately covered by either Intelligence or Wisdom. I believe those stats should be entirely up to the writer to determine, without being limited by the numbers.

I definitely agree about magical attributes. I do not think they have a place in this type of world. It's up the writer in my mind to make the character behaves as s/he wishes. However, I have them included on the second list just so people can read the initial post to see what all people have said.

Absolutely agree with this take.

I'm going to bluntly state my bias from the start: I greatly favor the writing element of the game/writing alloy we have here.

With that in mind, I'm not a fan of strictly enumerating all of these personal statistics. And while I recognize that physical attributes are necessary to an extent for battles, for the purposes of everything else they're somewhere between nuisance and filler. I'm just trying to write a story. A page of stats doesn't get me any closer to achieving that end.

I have mixed feelings personally on the subject of personal statistics. I think there should be at least a few basic physical stats to let people know what the character can do. Adding a few more helps clear it up in some cases. However, I think Atzar does have a valid point too.