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Old 03-07-2006, 08:39 AM
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Re: [RPG]: Epic Role Playing (Rules Manual), reviewed by jamesh (4/4)

Hi Sergio - too bad ERP's not your cup of tea; maybe we'll come up with something that suits your tastes better in the future!

That said, kudos indeed to James for writing a review clear and concise enough for you to be able to make a definitive judgement.

I did check out your recent Stat Scales column and agree regarding large sets of personal statistics not being viable for roleplaying purposes. We attempted to address that idea, though not an earth-shattering revelation , by using a bell curve for our vital attributes (which run from 1 to 10, which seemed to be an easily grokkable number). On a percentile roll between 12 and 89, characters land squarely in the middle (from 4 to 7) between what seems similar to your "Below Average" and "Above Average," with the more rarified dwarfism and giantism folks becoming radically less common, with the outer edges of the scale - 1 and 10 - obtaining only with a 01 or 00 roll, respectively. I think it allows for a pretty wide range of normal human size, but allowing for those freaks of nature that add even more interest to story.
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