RE: Eskero: The pen and paper RPG system
03-29-2013, 06:07 AM
Ah, I see.
I guess my answer to that is that I don't think that'd be a good idea either. I think that puts too much power in the DM's hand as far as character development goes. How much their physical form changes based on how much the DM sees you being "chaotic" or something would make everyone roleplay way too, "Cordially" like they don't want to get a punishment so they take the paragon of holiness and law path every time.
The other issue I want to visit again was with punishing players for songs, which goes against the gameplay as I want it, where players use songs consistently as tools to solve issues. "punishing" for that would discourage their use of songs, which I don't want.
I dunno, I might scrap the idea completely and have physical changes be less of a system thing and more of a roleplayed thing.
I guess my answer to that is that I don't think that'd be a good idea either. I think that puts too much power in the DM's hand as far as character development goes. How much their physical form changes based on how much the DM sees you being "chaotic" or something would make everyone roleplay way too, "Cordially" like they don't want to get a punishment so they take the paragon of holiness and law path every time.
The other issue I want to visit again was with punishing players for songs, which goes against the gameplay as I want it, where players use songs consistently as tools to solve issues. "punishing" for that would discourage their use of songs, which I don't want.
I dunno, I might scrap the idea completely and have physical changes be less of a system thing and more of a roleplayed thing.