MMO like tabletop

[Thatwarforged]

Which one do you think works better with the use of a percentile rolling against your stats like in dark heresy or rolling and adding your stats like the d20 usually does?

[LibraryOgre]

Which one do you think works better with the use of a percentile rolling against your stats like in dark heresy or rolling and adding your stats like the d20 usually does?

I'd vary it according to need. A simple check, roll d% under your skill; the attributes should modify the skill somehow, but can also be independent. An opposed check, roll d% and add your skill, higher total wins. It's easier to handle, and avoids some issues that crop up otherwise.

[JusticeZero]

Your problem with players being annoyed at other characters for doing different things indicates that they haven't played enough MMOs. Some are very flexible in roles when the classes start taking different builds within the class itself. They may need to be reminded of this fact; class alone does not determine destiny.

[Thatwarforged]

Okay so im using the ability scores strength, toughness, agility and spirit. Im not sure what other ones i should add, so can anyone give me any ideas? I really dont want intelligence and charisma simply because players tend to hide behind these instead of role play as much.

[LibraryOgre]

Okay so im using the ability scores strength, toughness, agility and spirit. Im not sure what other ones i should add, so can anyone give me any ideas? I really dont want intelligence and charisma simply because players tend to hide behind these instead of role play as much.

You may or may not want to include speed and/or reflexes.

You may or may not want to include perception.

[Thatwarforged]

You may or may not want to include speed and/or reflexes.

You may or may not want to include perception.

So im thinking then an alertness score but wouldent speed and reflex be within the range of agility?

[LibraryOgre]

So im thinking then an alertness score but wouldent speed and reflex be within the range of agility?

If you want it to be, yeah.

[Talakeal]

Which one do you think works better with the use of a percentile rolling against your stats like in dark heresy or rolling and adding your stats like the d20 usually does?

Mathematically percentage roll under and d20 add modifiers are identical. The only time it matters is when you have modifiers smaller than 5 percent, but generally these would be so insignificent they are unlikely to actually matter in play.

Personally when I created Heart of Darkness I started out dong percentile roll under, but switched to d20 plus modifier. I find it is much faster and more intuitive, particularly if you need to roll multiple dice at one. For example, if I have five mooks shooting at the PCs I can just grab 5d20 and roll them. That is much easier than finding 10d10, sorting them into pairs, and distinguishing the tens digit and the ones digit.

[Sartharina]

You might want something like Arcana and Presence to replace Intelligence and Charisma.

[Knaight]

Which one do you think works better with the use of a percentile rolling against your stats like in dark heresy or rolling and adding your stats like the d20 usually does?

I personally favor roll and add systems for the most part, largely from a usability perspective. Though I will include the caveat that adding the stats like in a d20 system is clumsy, as the use of both attributes and attribute modifiers is generally just a nuisance.

[Thatwarforged]

You might want something like Arcana and Presence to replace Intelligence and Charisma.

The presence is just renaming charisma but i might still use it as the counter ti awareness. The arcana idea is brilliant i was fretting about casters in the game using a single stat were he warriors woulds need a mixture of all stats. I thank you for that it was really helpful.

So i was wondering how should i deal with crafting in the game. Should i make it a skill or subclass or what?