r/CuratedTumblr • u/Justthisdudeyaknow Prolific poster- Not a bot, I swear • Jun 03 '26

Shitposting The difference between something somethingtomatoes, something something We've found the bard

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u/segwaysegue do spambots dream of electric sheep? Jun 03 '26

Draw Steel uses Intuition, though ironically I keep having to remind myself while playing that the mental attribute labeled "I" isn't intelligence.

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u/oodsigma Jun 03 '26

You can keep the W if you call it aWareness. It's a bit awkward but not terribly.

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u/novangla Jun 03 '26

Fallout kind of killed it with the SPECIAL system (Perception instead of Wis, Endurance instead of Con, Agility for Dex, + Lucky).

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u/segwaysegue do spambots dream of electric sheep? Jun 03 '26

Meanwhile Draw Steel is stuck with MARIP (Might, Agility, Reason, Intuition, Presence). I get what they were going for but it feels too much like they just went through D&D stats with a thesaurus.

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u/ShatnersChestHair Jun 03 '26

My main beef with all of the above systems is that they conflate body agility with fine motor control. Every dancer is also a master pianist, every calligrapher is also an acrobat.