Hey man, super awesome game, thanks a lot! I had some questions about the rules though. Is there any way of contacting you or should I just ask my questions here?
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Wow, what a quick reply!
Alright, the questions are regarding The Stat Table and the Descriptors:
- Why is SHIT - SPECIALTY considered impossible? Why isn't SHIT - STRAY impossible instead?
- When you look at KINDA GOOD, what's the reason for BASE being 45% and SPECIALTY only 40%
English is not my native language so I may be missing something here but any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks for your questions.
-Because when it comes to your SHIT specialty, that no longer means that it's something that you're the best at or better at- it means something that you're the WORST at. So it's something you're especially bad at!
- That thing on KINDA GOOD is actually a misprint! Thanks for pointing that out!
Aaah ok, thanks, I think I get it now!
So in order for this to make sense, you have to write down the stuff you're especially good at next to your positive desriptors, and the stuff you're especially bad at next to your negative desriptors, right?
Say you put SHIT next to brains. And write down COMPUTERS next to it. Anything regarding computers is impossible, stuff far, far away from computers but still relating to brains is a STRAY.
Did I get it right?
Yes! So if you're shit at computers, you could still be great at library research, or battle tactics, or tying knots, or anything other than what you're the absolute worst at.
Also now that you mention it we should swap the stray and specialty values of Kinda bad, too. Again, thanks for pointing this stuff out, it's embarrassing that we made that mistake.
SHIT
Stray- You might do it right by accident.
Base- You're bad at this.
Specialty- You cannot do this. (especially bad at)
KINDA BAD
Stray- You've done this before, but you're not really sure how it's done.
Base- You've never been very good at this but someone may have told you how to do this once.
Specialty- You know absolutely nothing about this and probably wont get it right the first time. (especially bad at)
KINDA GOOD
Stray- You feel ok when trying this but you don't have much experience.
Base- You've practiced this a little, but you're nowhere near a pro.
Specialty- A fool would think you're actually pretty good at this. (especially good at)
OK
Stray- You are perhaps a little over confident of your ability to do this.
Base- You're of the average ability at doing this.
Specialty- You have potential to be very good at this! You might even be able to show off a couple of tricks while doing it! (especially good at)
GREAT
Stray- People think you're good at this thing but you've made a lot of mistakes when nobody is looking.
Base- Don't be modest! This could be your career, or you might even have won a couple of prizes doing this!
Specialty- If you're lucky you could probably get paid well doing this thing for a living. (especially good at)
SUPERSTAR
Stray- You're extremely good at this, but you know you're not the best yet.
Base- You're a natural at this thing, people see you doing this and it blows their minds!
Specialty- If you fail at this, it would have to be because of some really bad luck.You're one of the best in the world at this thing! (especially good at)
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Hope that helps!