Alternate Profession System

Re: Alternate Profession System

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:16:03 +0000

While I haven't run the Sufficiently Advanced system (though I intend to at the first opportunity), I've run games on Blue Planet, where the system uses a similar mechanic to represent the difference between training and natural aptitude. Perhaps SA will have some differences, but I don't foresee it being particularly different in practice.

Re: Alternate Profession System

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:32:13 +0000

Seems like a decent way to do things. If you run a playtest with this, let me know how it turns out. High-skill characters will be even more reliable under this system, so you may have to alter the amount of Reserve they have, or jack up the difficulty levels.

Alternate Profession System

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:59:14 +0000

I originally came up with this idea after reading the brief summary of the rules in the RPG.net review of the beta. I liked the idea of how the system worked for Ultra-Tech abilities, and tried to work out in my head how it'd interact with skills. This is what I came up with, and I personally like it better than the official version, so I thought I'd post it here and see what people thought.

When a roll is made, the player rolls a number of D10s equal to the Profession score, then multiplies the number on the highest-rolling die by the applicable Capability rating. A character with a zero rating rolls two dice and takes the lowest result.

This means that, while a character's potential is determined by what technology is available, the more skilled and experienced characters will be more likely to get the most out of it. Reserve points from a Profession values work normally, applied to the Capability rating being used in the roll.