On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Blair, Keith (Keith Blair) wrote:

>
> > 50 is when you're at your peak so to speak
> > in my opinion.
> >
> > Well then I would say don't use reality as
> > an argument to back up your stance then.
> > You want stats that improve as you
> > progress, you don't want realism.
> > starting level 1 when you're at your peak,
> > and never suffering the effects of aging.
>
> That depends on your view of realism. If you believe that you start out "at
> your peak" then it would be all downhill from there, which makes no sense
> since your other skills currently improve as you go. If you're starting at

Why doesn't it make sense? You physically stop growing in
your early 20s (years). Athletes are considered at their
prime in their late 20s. OTOH you continue to learn pretty
much right up until you die. All the fantasy stories are full
of old well-learned mages living well past their years.

> a character's life. It could be something as little as 1 point ever other
> level for a total of 25 points possible in a characters life. Over what, 7
> possible places to put that and if you kept the maximums on each one -
> that's really not that much of a difference, but would still help those that
> wish they could build up their strength or charisma or something.

Well since Verant considers the current game state as
balanced, if they did do what you suggest, more likely you'd
start off with *lower* stats that you do now, and gradually
work up to what we start with now as "prime."

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John H. Kim
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