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Getting better with level - D&D

Started by Eric Diaz, September 16, 2015, 06:11:38 PM

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JoeNuttall

#30
September 24, 2015, 02:08:52 AM
Quote from: rawma;857390If Bob can't ever branch out into anything new, then his entire career was mapped out at character creation and I think that's much worse.

I'm talking about abstract options for your character versus concrete ones. Not that there shouldn't be any!

rawma

#31
September 24, 2015, 09:07:53 PM
Quote from: JoeNuttall;857406I'm talking about abstract options for your character versus concrete ones. Not that there shouldn't be any!

I don't see why one is abstract and the other concrete.

JoeNuttall

#32
September 25, 2015, 02:05:37 AM
Quote from: rawma;857525I don't see why one is abstract and the other concrete.

I get better at swordfighting, archery, healing, tracking, athletics is achieved by practicing swordfighting, archery, healing, tracking, athletics, or by training with a sword fighter, archer, healer, tracker, athlete, and it's clear what that entails. They're concrete skills.

Getting better at Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence or Luck are abstract.

Exploderwizard

#33
September 25, 2015, 09:22:52 AM
Quote from: JoeNuttall;857560Getting better at Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence or Luck are abstract.

Luck certainly is.

Strength, I Believe is quite concrete. People go to the gym in real life to weight train and gain strength.

Intelligence would be very difficult to increase in a concrete way by mundane means. One can do mental exercises & puzzles to keep the mind sharp but actually raising IQ is questionable.

Dexterity, while more difficult to improve than strength, is possible with dedicated training.
Quote from: JonWakeGamers, as a whole, are much like primitive cavemen when confronted with a new game. Rather than \'oh, neat, what\'s this do?\', the reaction is to decide if it\'s a sex hole, then hit it with a rock.

Quote from: Old Geezer;724252At some point it seems like D&D is going to disappear up its own ass.

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;766997In the randomness of the dice lies the seed for the great oak of creativity and fun. The great virtue of the dice is that they come without boxed text.

JoeNuttall

#34
September 25, 2015, 10:50:44 AM
Quote from: Exploderwizard;857592Strength, I Believe is quite concrete. People go to the gym in real life to weight train and gain strength.
You're right of course about that, I was just listing D&D stats without engaging my brain there!

I wonder what one could do to increase Charisma?

Phillip

#35
September 25, 2015, 11:54:42 AM
Quote from: JoeNuttall;857601I wonder what one could do to increase Charisma?
Depending on the shortfall: get a groomer/hygienist; Digest Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People; make a pact with a Devil ...

In the old sense, a charisma is a particular gift from God for serving God.
And we are here as on a darkling plain  ~ Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, ~ Where ignorant armies clash by night.

rawma

#36
September 25, 2015, 08:34:31 PM
Quote from: JoeNuttall;857601I wonder what one could do to increase Charisma?

Choose one thing you use Charisma for and practice it. Find a teacher - a PR consultant, Toastmasters, an acting coach - and persuade them to teach you.

The notion that someone can't get better at something through practice is incomprehensible. Do you just try something for 5 minutes and if you're not already good at it then you quit?

JoeNuttall

#37
September 26, 2015, 02:42:12 AM
Sorry,

Quote from: JoeNuttall;857601I wonder what one could do to increase Charisma?

Is just a throwaway joke about Charisma including physical attractiveness, which Phillip understood:

Quote from: Phillip;857607Depending on the shortfall: get a groomer/hygienist; Digest Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People; make a pact with a Devil ...

rawma

#38
September 27, 2015, 03:10:27 AM
Quote from: JoeNuttall;857719just a throwaway joke about Charisma including physical attractiveness, which Phillip understood:

Is abstract versus concrete also a throwaway joke, then?
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