Stat cap

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Are you okay with that you can't raise a stat to 20 if you have a negative modifier ?

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  1. Frigo

    Frigo Active Member

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  2. Muro

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    Well, you can, blessings of th gods and stat boosting items can help you with that. So it OK for me, because I believe it's realistic, that people, which are born with some flaws will not become perfect i some categories (for example, one who has to wear glasses because of eye injuries will not become a master sharpshooter), unless thay have some helping items of supernatural forces which help them.
     
  3. Grossenschwamm

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    It's fine with me. I just wish I could raise stats further beyond the maximum than certain races allow.
     
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    It was never a problem for me, as I was always a male human. :)
     
  5. Muro

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    So no racial modifier, but you always could have a background negative modifier. However, if you would choose one, I believe your goal would not be having 20 at that it. Or maybe you just choosen the most neutral background, which is no background.
     
  6. Wolfsbane

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    I hate it so much I want to scream. Honestly.
     
  7. Xz

    Xz Monkey Admin Staff Member

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    Actually I believe those don't affect your maximal stats, so you should be able to get 20 even so.
     
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    Sounds better than minimus. :lol:
     
  10. Vorak

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    They sound like characters from a Greek tragedy.
     
  11. Xz

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    Definitions of maximal on the Web:
    In mathematics, especially in order theory, a maximal element of a subset S of some partially ordered set is an element of S that is not smaller than any other element in S. The term minimal element is defined dually.
     
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    I did not know that....
    Learn something new everyday.
     
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  14. Vorak

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    Alas, he failed to save this thread from derailing.
     
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    I'm afraid I can't agree. But I don't like to say facts which are unsure, so I tried in in practice, by checking it in 'Virgil the pervert' module. And it is easy to check, that, for example, for a human with 'miracle operation' background, the maximum strenght possible to get with character points is 17 (the background is -3 str) while maximum possible constitution is 15 (background -5). So background penalties actually do affect the stat cap.
     
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    In my time here, I've discovered that this is an inevitable event. The only difference is that it may take longer or shorter depending on how interesting the topic is.
     
  17. Xz

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    Yup, it's as sure as gravity.
     
  18. Vorak

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    Keeping a thread on topic is truly an artform.
     
  19. Grossenschwamm

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    And butt sex in a prison full of sodomizers.
     
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    OR the Bluejays losing every friggen game they play..
     
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