RE: Eskero: The pen and paper RPG system
03-16-2013, 02:46 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-16-2013, 04:35 AM by Not The Author.)
All of my complaints are about your word choice, which is a good thing as I'm not dissatisfied by the basic concepts you detail, but they are still complaints:
"Dexterity" feels less... conceptual? than the other skills? Like, It feels more like a measurable thing; a discrete, measurable value against something like Soul. Doesn't quite fit. Also four syllables long which is itself not dexterous. I recommend "Grace," though I am also a fan of "Finesse," which you yourself use.
There's also... it's less of A Thing to me than Dexterity is, but... I'm not entirely satisfied with "Mind" and "Body," inasmuch as they're not things that a person can grammatically have and have it be understood that those people are better at that thing than everyone else. Example: "Painters have Grace and Soul" versus "Braves have Power and Body." Y'see? It just doesn't quite work.
But yes I am excited to see where one might go from here. Just based on couplets alone (or, the way I've just described Painters and Braves, however hideously misinformed those interpretations may be) there're a potential ten classes, each with their own philosophies from which a unique playstyle might be derived. Fifteen including "pure" or "doubles" classes. I excite over silly things like this, yes, but it so remains that I am excite.
E: Shoutouts to LEGO as metaphor! Not sure I agree with the specifics, but the idea as a whole (bits and pieces that you can dis- and re-mantle) sounds peachy-keen.
"Dexterity" feels less... conceptual? than the other skills? Like, It feels more like a measurable thing; a discrete, measurable value against something like Soul. Doesn't quite fit. Also four syllables long which is itself not dexterous. I recommend "Grace," though I am also a fan of "Finesse," which you yourself use.
There's also... it's less of A Thing to me than Dexterity is, but... I'm not entirely satisfied with "Mind" and "Body," inasmuch as they're not things that a person can grammatically have and have it be understood that those people are better at that thing than everyone else. Example: "Painters have Grace and Soul" versus "Braves have Power and Body." Y'see? It just doesn't quite work.
But yes I am excited to see where one might go from here. Just based on couplets alone (or, the way I've just described Painters and Braves, however hideously misinformed those interpretations may be) there're a potential ten classes, each with their own philosophies from which a unique playstyle might be derived. Fifteen including "pure" or "doubles" classes. I excite over silly things like this, yes, but it so remains that I am excite.
E: Shoutouts to LEGO as metaphor! Not sure I agree with the specifics, but the idea as a whole (bits and pieces that you can dis- and re-mantle) sounds peachy-keen.