Heroica RPG General Discussion

[Scubacarrot]

I've noticed that before.

I intend to join this crazy group, I have a character all ready and I just want advice on uploading pictures.

Heya, you can upload your avatar (the picture on the left) directly unto Eurobricks. If you want it in your signature, you'll need to upload it somewhere. I recommend Flickr. I think there is a post restriction for uploading pictures, changing avatars and making signatures though, but I am not sure!

[Dannylonglegs]

Oh, I use Tinypic sometimes. It's free and has no observed side-effects! No need for membership, either.

~Insectoid Aristocrat

[Endgame]

I personally use imgur: http://imgur.com/

Just click the button on the right marked "Computer" and you are good to go. They even let you host unlimited images free (but you can only utilize the latest 255 you uploaded)

[Scubacarrot]

If you'd have 72 points to spend, Guts would be:

Strength: 16

Constitution: 12

Dexterity: 18

Intelligence: 10

Charisma: 6

Wisdom: 10

Plus, there needs to be a luck stat. Guts'd have it artificially boosted, of course.

Edited June 28, 2013 by Scubacarrot

[Scorpiox]

If you'd have 72 points to spend, Guts would be:

Strength: 15

Constitution: 12

Dexterity: 18

Intelligence: 10

Charisma: 6

Wisdom: 10

Plus, there needs to be a luck stat. Guts'd have it artificially boosted, of course.

If 10 were average, then I believe Guts ought to have FAR more than that for wisdom. In my view he is one of the stand-out characters in Heroica who are able to see the world as it truly is. Obviously that's only my opinion, explaining why it's so difficult to categorise a character like that, it's only subjective after all...

[joeshmoe554]

Plus, there needs to be a luck stat. Guts'd have it artificially boosted, of course.

For that you can always use the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. system of stats.

Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck.

[Scubacarrot]

If 10 were average, then I believe Guts ought to have FAR more than that for wisdom. In my view he is one of the stand-out characters in Heroica who are able to see the world as it truly is. Obviously that's only my opinion, explaining why it's so difficult to categorise a character like that, it's only subjective after all...

Maybe, but he is also shortsighted, and is prone to putting his feelings ahead of his mind, so that pulls it down.

For that you can always use the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. system of stats.

Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck.

From Falllout, right? Yeah, I like it better, but it doesn't take magic into account. I personally like the way Dungeons of Dredmor does things : Burliness, Sagacity, Caddishness, Nimbleness, Savvy and Stubborness.

[Duvors]

Thanks Everyone!

[Waterbrick Down]

No problem, just follow all the directions at the beginning of this thread and you'll be on your way.

[Endgame]

I like Kingdom of Loathing's system: Moxie, Muscularity, Mysticality and Drunkenness.

[Emjajoas]

Oooh, stats. Hope there's room on the bandwagon for one more.

Uhh, if I had to give Em stats (assuming ten is average), it'd have to be something along the line of:

Strength: 11

Constitution: 9

Dexterity: 15

Intelligence: 9

Charisma: 11

Wisdom: 12

Nothing special, really. (even 5 points below 72) Still need to figure out where I want to take 'im.

Edited June 28, 2013 by emjajoas

[CMP]

So 72 points, right? For Atramor...

Strength: 13

Constitution: 17

Dexterity: 18

Intelligence: 7

Charisma: 13

Wisdom: 4

[Peppermint_M]

First:

is an awesome track you guys might like.

Second: I replied, Scorpiox, makes me get some Tesni outlook in there too with a little help for a questmate.

Third: I managed to write Tesni as I wanted, a bit of backstory I may or may not have said was the fact she was being trained as the new priestess in her village and was thus taught her words and figures and had access to what written material there was. Then I know I mentioned her spending time reading in the library.

As for D&D.... We were too impatient for that. Drinking and playing 1000 Blank Cards was much more our thing!

[Brickdoctor]

Welcome Lord Duvors. As far as uploading pictures, I know our members use photo sharing sites from Brickshelf, to Flickr, to Photobucket, and a whole lot of other things inbetween. Is there a specific question you had concerning uploading pictures?

Brickshelf is down right now and generally unreliable. Do not use Brickshelf. Photobucket for free users is easy to use and now offers original res, non-compressed-after-a-random-amount-of-time photos, and flickr of course did the big upgrade offering a TB of space and unlimited res for free users. Pick one of those instead.

[Scorpiox]

First:

is an awesome track you guys might like.

Second: I replied, Scorpiox, makes me get some Tesni outlook in there too with a little help for a questmate.

Third: I managed to write Tesni as I wanted, a bit of backstory I may or may not have said was the fact she was being trained as the new priestess in her village and was thus taught her words and figures and had access to what written material there was. Then I know I mentioned her spending time reading in the library.

As for D&D.... We were too impatient for that. Drinking and playing 1000 Blank Cards was much more our thing!

Yeah, I'm loving the interaction between the two heroes at the moment. I've never really noticed it before, but Haldor and Tesni are similiar in a great many respects; and that seems to have surfaced recently. I'd like to see them questing again soon, something that they haven't done since I polished Haldor's personality off.

I'm actually really enjoying writing for him at the moment - I think that I've got his way of speaking and mannerisms well enough to be consistent. He's less cringey that he was in Quest #19 and less angry than in #38. What does the outside world think? I'd like to hear opinions on my way of writing for Haldor and whether or not you think I've improved.

To be honest I don't even know how D&D works besides the fact that it's a RPG involving fantasy. In the 70s I was far more occupied with my psychedelic music and sitting in a darkened room swaying gently to Dark Side of the Moon with my eyes shut. At the very least, I managed to keep myself away from the harder drugs that my friends liked to try (seriously, man. You can't explore the album properly unless you let go of yourself, man. These'll help you, they're pretty far out, man. Groovy.), something I'm thankful of to this day. I'm glad that my cohorts thought me weird for wanting to remain on my head whilst slipping away to Pink Floyd, than not remember those years at all.

[CMP]

Haldor's been a lot more level since 53. I think you should keep it that way. He's reached a good level of honor and integrity vs. getting a Quest done with less-than-virtuous companions and how much skull-cracking gets done when they clash.

[Brickdoctor]

Two Thumbs up :thumbup:

I'd rather not take part in the D&D attribute ratings because I believe that it's impossible to nail a character down to a list of numbers effectively. Especially with intelligence, as I believe that the term is only subjective in the real world - and certainly so in a forum RPG. How can one give a mark out of 18 for something so relative as the power of the mind?

I can definitely nail down Docken to a list of numbers effectively.

(And no, I don't mean 01000100, 01101111, 01100011, 01101011, 01100101, and 01101110.)

[Flipz]

I'd rather not take part in the D&D attribute ratings because I believe that it's impossible to nail a character down to a list of numbers effectively. Especially with intelligence, as I believe that the term is only subjective in the real world - and certainly so in a forum RPG. How can one give a mark out of 18 for something so relative as the power of the mind?

For example, let's choose two not-so-random living famous humans; David Bowie (obviously) and Stephen Hawking. They're both extremely intelligent people in their own separate divisions, that is indisputable. Now tell me, how would one possibly mark these two men's sheer brain power out of 18? Hawking is a scientific mastermind, and easily the brightest scientist in the world today (to my knowledge). Bowie in the 70s (lost it a bit during the 80s and 90s, but that can be forgiven) displayed an outstanding creative mind and perceptive understanding of how the world functions as he demonstrated in many songs. Great philosophy in quite a few, also. Stephen wouldn't stand a chance on the Earth of matching David's songwriting ability, in the same way that ol' Ziggy would embarrass himself trying to explain black hole physics, as the Prof. manages every day despite being paralysed wholely besides a small part of his cheek (seriously, how the hell does he give lectures whilst only being able to move his cheek?!). Anyone who claims that they could compare the minds of these men is deluding themself, quite frankly.

Sorry! Speech over, I just wanted to get that off my chest.

Next up: Define strength, Arnold Swarzengger vs Martin Luther King.

In practice, INT isn't a so much measure of how intelligent you are as a measure of how much you've studied. So in D&D terms, Hawking should have a higher INT score because he's studied, whereas Bowie would completely outclass Hawking in CHA, which is basically performance skill. (Note that Bowie still hovers in the 11-12 range for INT, though; since he's not particularly unintelligent, he shouldn't have a score less than 10, and he strikes me as reasonably learned as far as 'book smarts' go, so he gets an extra point or two there.)

There's a little blurb in the Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition Core Rulebook that explains the difference pretty well: "A character with a high Intelligence score is curious, knowledgeable, and prone to using big words. A character with a high Intelligence but low Wisdom may be smart but absent-minded, or knowledgeable but lacking in common sense. A character with high Intelligence but a low Charisma may be a know-it-all or a reclusive scholar. The smart character lacking in both Wisdom and Charisma usually puts her foot in her mouth.

A character with a low Intelligence mispronounces and misuses words, has trouble following directions, or fails to get the joke.

A character with a high Wisdom score may be sensible, serene, "in tune", alert, or centered. A character with a high Wisdom but a low Intelligence may be aware, but simple. A character with a high Wisdom but a low Charisma knows enough to speak carefully and may become an adviser or "power behind the throne" rather than a leader.

A character with low Wisdom may be rash, imprudent, irresponsible, or "out of it."

A character with a high Charisma score may be beautiful, handsome, striking, personable, and confident. A character with a high Charisma but a low intelligence can usually pass herself off as knowledgeable, until she meets a true expert. A charismatic character with a low Wisdom may be popular, but he doesn't know who his real friends are.

A character with a low Charisma may be reserved, gruff, rude, fawning, or simply nondescript."

As to your last example: Schwarzenegger: STR 17-18, CHA 13-14; MLK: CHA 17-18, WIS 19.

[Endgame]

Flipz, what does "vape" mean?

[Dannylonglegs]

*Snip*

Very well put. And you remind me that I did want to put an addendum on Sylph's Cha score, which I marked at the very high 16 despite his gruffness: he's a consummate liar and bluffer, capable of putting on charm when he needs to, but he prefers to interact more rudely and distantly. He's a good leader over-all though, which is a trait that charisma provides.

~Insectoid Aristocrat

[Brickdoctor]

Flipz, what does "vape" mean?

I vaguely remember it being used as slang/abbreviation for 'vaporize' in some Star Wars novels.

[Dannylonglegs]

Flipz, what does "vape" mean?

Vaporize.... Like what I plan to do to your eye.

~Insectoid Aristocrat

Edited June 28, 2013 by Dannylonglegs

[Endgame]

Vaporize.... Like what I plan to do to your eye.

~Insectoid Aristocrat

Ahh, that makes sense.

Have you beaten Level 1 yet? It only gets harder, my insectoid quinea pig.

[Dannylonglegs]

Ahh, that makes sense.

Have you beaten Level 1 yet? It only gets harder, my insectoid quinea pig.

Red. Is. Impossible. A maze and an eye? What do you take me for? a demi-god?

~Insectoid Guinea Pig

[Scorpiox]

I can definitely nail down Docken to a list of numbers effectively.

(And no, I don't mean 01000100, 01101111, 01100011, 01101011, 01100101, and 01101110.)

I knew you were going to say that.

-snip-

Wow, that's some really interesting stuff there. I hadn't thought of how the different D&D traits can actually describe intelligence in varying degrees quite accurately. I love it when you do that, Flipz.