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Doctor Who Skills

Started by RPGPundit, March 27, 2008, 07:05:34 PM

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John Morrow

#15
March 28, 2008, 12:51:25 PM
Quote from: WarthurSimilarly, just about any companion who turns out to be an alien (and there's several) turns out to have special abilities or skills that are highly relevant.

Can you name some specific examples of how they were relevant, from specific episodes?  To be honest, your descriptions sound a lot like lists of Risus clichés.
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Warthur

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March 28, 2008, 01:10:08 PM
Quote from: John MorrowCan you name some specific examples of how they were relevant, from specific episodes?  To be honest, your descriptions sound a lot like lists of Risus clichés.
Well, Kameleon's shapeshifting abilities were relevant in The King's Demons and Planet of Fire...
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John Morrow

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March 28, 2008, 01:41:23 PM
Quote from: WarthurWell, Kameleon's shapeshifting abilities were relevant in The King's Demons and Planet of Fire...

OK.  But how would you represent that on a RPG character sheet?
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James McMurray

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March 28, 2008, 01:48:53 PM
Quote from: John MorrowADDED:  Yes, I know you talk about Ace using a slingshot and a baseball bat but do you imagine the character having a "Slingshot" skill and a "Baseball Bat" skill, an "Armed Combat" skill, or maybe just a generic combat value, if she were written up in the game?

I'd probably just make it a generic combat skill. Let damage ratings differentiate between punching someon in the face and smacking them with an electrified baseball bat.

Simple is best. Doctor Who should be about traveling through space and time, not digging through skill lists.

Balbinus

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March 28, 2008, 03:10:17 PM
I wouldn't do Dr Who with skills, I would use traits as in Risus or OtE.  I think that would get far closer to the series, indeed for almost any tv series emulation I would use traits over skills and if I did use skills I'd keep them very broad as Buffy does.

Cop shows/investigation shows are an exception actually, I'd do the Shield or CSI with skills, but Dr Who is not an investigation show or a cop show.

Ian Absentia

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March 28, 2008, 03:55:23 PM
Quote from: BalbinusI wouldn't do Dr Who with skills, I would use traits as in Risus or OtE.
Precisely.  Characters in Doctor Who very seldom exhibit specific skills, but rather proclivities or talents.  Things like "Monkey-Wrenching" or "Bench Thumping" are far more common than "Drive Automobile" or "General Combat".  Granted some characters have specifics, like Zoe with "Astrophysics" and "Applied Mathematics", or Martha with "Contemporary Medicine".

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