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Re: Better Character Category system??
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Wed, 26 Jan 2000 01:19:16 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Paul Davidson writes:
> Someone mentioned the crossover between Pawel's character categories. I
> think the idea of having a general list or database of Castle World's
> characters is an intriguing one. After some thought, therefore, I'm
> proposing the following scheme:
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> Assign a number of attributes to every character. The combination of their
> attributes yields what type of character they are. Attributes that I can
> think of would include:
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> fealty (loyalty to a lord)
> nobility (being a lord)
> royalty (being a king/queen or in direct line of succession)
> labour-skill
> commerce-skill
> art-skill
> magic-skill
> equestrian-skill (can ride horseback)
> seafaring-skill (can navigate ships)
> battle-skill
> itinerance (no permanent home)
> leadership (within social group)
> criminality
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> So by this system, we might define "king" as someone with royalty and
> nobility. A barbarian king might only be royalty. An elven-king might have
> royalty and magic-skill.
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> The king's artisans would have fealty and art-skill. A common villager will
> have fealty and and labour-skill. A merchant might have fealty and
> commerce-skill. A warrior will have fealty and battle-skill.
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> An outlaw will have criminality. A mercenary might have both criminality
> and fealty (to an adversarial lord).
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> Does anyone like this system?
Yes, I do!
Basically this is similar to keywords, but better because it is more in depth.
If one wants to search for nobility, (1) one can find noble people, but if one
searches a nobleman who uses witchcraft (e.g.) one can find only these. (Or
not find any at all, cause there won't be much :-)
-Shiri
(1) Are we even thinking about search?
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| (...) depth. (...) one (...) (Or (...) Exactly. Plus, I think it might even help the creative process of coming up with interesting castle characters. Like, what would I get if I combined magic-skill with criminality and equestrian-skill? An evil (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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