Random Thoughts 9: Attack of the Vapid Posts

[choxorn]

What about your Wis?

Let's just not talk about any of my other stats, they're not good

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Six.

Oh, you meant Choxorn.

Let's just not talk about any of my other stats, they're not good

Wisdom scores of less than 6 don't inspire confidence. I'm afraid your application to join my campaign is denied.


There's a Fighting Fantasy gamebook called Starship Traveler. It's loosely based on Star Trek (actually, it's a pretty blatant ripoff). You play the Captain, and you have 6 other crew: science, engineering, and medical officers, chief of security and two other security officers.

The stats system is pretty simple in Fighting Fantasy. You roll d6+1 to determine your Skill, 2d6+12 to determine your Stamina, and d6+1 to determine your Luck.

There was one game where I, as Captain, had average stats. My officers? None had Skill or Luck over 8, but their Stamina scores were all 23 or 24.

I had a crew of Big Mooses...

One by one my officers got killed because while they were strong, they couldn't hit the broad side of a giant planet, and they kept doing stupid things. Then the ship fell into a black hole. The end.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Wisdom scores of less than 6 don't inspire confidence. I'm afraid your application to join my campaign is denied.

I was once described as "he's never met a stupid thing he wouldn't do," and that was by a friend. But I've been pretty widely acknowledged as great entertainment to have around so I think you would be wise to reconsider said application.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I was once described as "he's never met a stupid thing he wouldn't do," and that was by a friend. But I've been pretty widely acknowledged as great entertainment to have around so I think you would be wise to reconsider said application.

What talents do you have as an entertainer? Can you sing? Dance? Juggle? Play an instrument?

(I once profoundly annoyed a DM when he insisted I play a bard and I reasoned that if I was to be a magic-wielding musician, I'd best pick an instrument I was familiar with in RL. Since dragging an organ around with me on campaign wouldn't be practical, I settled on a concertina as a smaller version of an accordion. The DM wasn't pleased, and I suppose I should have picked a recorder. But if a verbal component is required for the spell, a recorder wouldn't be practical, either. At least a concertina allows the person to speak and play at the same time.)

 

[Timsup2nothin]

What talents do you have as an entertainer? Can you sing? Dance? Juggle? Play an instrument?

All of those, plus almost guaranteed to not only have an idea for something interesting to do that no one else has thought of, but I am almost always capable of talking a group into it so that at the end of the adventure they will have a once in a lifetime tale to tell.

 

[Arakhor]

I used to have maybe slightly above average Constitution, but then I got older.

 

[Snerk]

And that arrow to the knee didn't help either.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

My Intelligence and Wisdom are pretty high (or maybe I just think they are because I'm an idiot), but my Charisma is too low to put them to good use.
Dex is terrible, Str and Const maybe average.
If I could just learn some magic...

 

[Takhisis]

I think all my stats are pretty low

Your VIM and PULCHRITUDE may be low, I'll admit, but your IMAGINATION makes up for that.

 

[Ajidica]

Strength: 9 - young, male, tall, and broad shouldered helps.
Dexterity: 7 - I have terrible hand-eye coordination.
Constitution: 13 - I don't get sick easily, but I do get quite hangry or headaches when I'm dehydrated. I also cannot stand humidity.
Intelligence: 16 - I'm fairly smart, no genius.
Wisdom: 10 - No reason to think I'm any more wise or foolish than anybody else.
Charisma: 12 - I'd like to think I'm charming and personable, with an intriguing quirkiness.

 

[Takhisis]

All rated out of 20?

 

[Synobun]

All rated out of 20?

Strength: 2
Dexterity: 5
Constitution: 2
Intelligence: 10
Wisdom: 10
Charisma: 6

 

[Timsup2nothin]

All rated out of 20?

3d6 is the generally accepted standard.

 

[Takhisis]

I'm more used to SPECIAL or VIP myself.

 

[Synobun]

Strength: 2
Dexterity: 2
Constitution: 2
Intelligence: 2
Wisdom: 2
Charisma: 2

At least three of these are wrong.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Strength: 2
Dexterity: 2
Constitution: 2
Intelligence: 2
Wisdom: 2
Charisma: 2

At least three of these are wrong.

My understanding of dice rolling is that 3 d6s cannot roll 2.

 

[Synobun]

Strength: 1
Dexterity: 1
Constitution: 1

No. Your intelligence, wisdom, and charisma need to be higher.

 

[Takhisis]

I'm seriously tempted to start GMing a game with half a dozen of you as the party.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

No. Your intelligence, wisdom, and charisma need to be higher.

Agreed. I find Aimee to be very bright and far more fascinating than average. Couple fifteens at least in there. Of course you badly underscored yourself too so you aren't a great source for correcting her.

Humility isn't half the virtue it is cracked up to be, because it has been devalued by overuse.

 

[Synobun]

Agreed. I find Aimee to be very bright and far more fascinating than average. Couple fifteens at least in there. Of course you badly underscored yourself too so you aren't a great source for correcting her.

Humility isn't half the virtue it is cracked up to be, because it has been devalued by overuse.

Considering myself average in intelligence and wisdom was me over-scoring.