RWBYFanon v5
RPG Social => RPG Discussion => Topic started by: Timeworker on October 22, 2016, 10:04:02 PM
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So I have realized through reviewing the a few profiles I seem to find one area that seems to lack more than any other sections on character sheets (not for all characters just for some). The combat section. This section gives us an insight on what a character can and cannot do, what they are strong at and what can bring them down in a fight. Pretty integral when we think about how many threads are dictated by combat. When people leave their combat sections very vague and ambiguous it allows them to pull off questionable things that we wouldn't have approved in the first place.
Of course this ruins the entire experience for everyone. But there was a way this was avoided in the past. The strength and weaknesses sections of a profile allows me (im not going to speak for all reviewers) to quickly asses the strengths and weaknesses of characters to see if they balance each other out. I don't exactly remember why the two were removed in the first place but I would be interested in knowing if anybody would find that having those two sections back would be useful when viewing profiles. Maybe a spoiler TLDR that let people know what the character can and cannot do?
So are you guys for having strength and weaknesses categories returning? Maybe under a spoiler or a different name? Maybe you hate the idea all together and like the vague generalized way we do it now.
Lemme know what you think.
And hey If a mod stumbles across this it would be cool to know why we got rid of it in the first place.
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We replaced it with combat behavior. Strengths and Weaknesses are supposed to be implied within the section, hence the behavior part of the title.
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Ok that makes sense but I do see a lot of profiles where the strengths are extremely well developed while the weaknesses are left to be summed up in less than two lines. Wouldn't bringing it back balance that a little more?
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Then you tell them to add more.
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I'm not saying its a needed feature. I was just wondering if other people would find it useful when looking at profiles. Interested in their opinions y'know?
Thanks for telling me why it was removed though!
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No problem.
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If I recall the discussions correctly, we removed the Strengths and Weaknesses portion because it was cheapening the profile as a whole. People would basically skip to Semblance, then that area for the relevant meta-gaming, then go on with role-playing. No attention was given to other sections of peoples work, so the system was changed around to get people to read into profiles more.