Thread: Characteristic Maximum

Ok, we were reviewing characteristic maximums (to tweak our RQ a bit) and i'd like some opinions

Maximum Roll: Whatever you can roll on maxed dice (2D6+6 = 18)
Max+Min: 2D6+6 = 18 + 8 = 24
Max+Min, plusses count as 1: 2D6+6 = 18+3 (the +6 counts as 1) = 21. 2D6+9 or 2D6+143 would still add +3 MIN
Max+Min, +6 counts 1: same as above, only a 2D6+9 would be +4 min, +21 would be +6 min, and so on

I voted for highest roll. I could have voted for option 3 as well, but option 2 is too generous, and option 4 is too complicated.

EDIT: Although, now that I think about it, most stats aren't generated via 2d6+6, so the min+max formula isn't as massive as I had thought. Most times it would just be a bonus of 3, not 8. Doesn't change my overall opinion, just the way I come to it.

How about Max+3 (or plus the number of dice, if more than 3) ?

Originally Posted by frogspawner

How about Max+3 (or plus the number of dice, if more than 3) ?

That's what I've always used.

Actually, thinking about it, I think I've always run maximum roll plus minimum roll - so , yes, a POW of 2D6+6 DOES produce a racial maximum of 26...

Nick

For me, it's always been Max+Min with a few exceptions.

There's no Max limit on INT and POW. Human's play by different rules. I've always pegged them at 3d6 instead of 2d6+6, giving them a range from 3 to 21. When rolling stats for non humans, it's roll down the line. For humans, I allow either rolling 2d6+6 for all stats and placing them where the player wishes or doing the 4d6 drop the lowest and place where needed.

In my old RQ3 games, it was Max Roll + Number of Dice/Bonus.

So, 2D6+6 gave a possible max of 21. I can't remember if that was explicitly spelled out in the rules, but that's how we played at Sandy's, so I stuck with it.

I7ve gone with Min+Max. It is easy to remember, and allows for stats over 18. Useful since some people are larger than SIZ 18.

Biut, are we more concered with a species max, or a character's max? I can se having an upper limit for all humans, all elves, all trollkin, etc, but I don't believe every indudial has the same max.

The polling results are now falling in line with what I expected to see...
Moral of the story is you should just pick the one you like, since it's your game.

Originally Posted by tedopon

The polling results are now falling in line with what I expected to see...
Moral of the story is you should just pick the one you like, since it's your game.

Well, 16 votes are hardly enough to determine any dominant trend, if one does exist.