Just some options that I've been considering. I apologize if any of these have been covered on the boards before - I don't remember seeing them.

1) New advantage: Nimbleness(minor/major). Your character is particularly adept at maintaining his footing and other feats requiring balance. +1/+3 dice to all terrain and acrobatics rolls. (For terrain rolls, you must spend at least 1 die out of your CP when in combat to get the bonus, i.e. the bonus may not be used by itself.)

2) Heros against the odds. For those of you playing more epic campaigns who want their Aragorns to wade through lesser beings, consider: instead of splitting your CP against multiple opponents, split your proficiency but keep your reflexes. So if you have reflex 6 and poleaxe 7, you can have 9 dice on one opponent, and 10 on the other. At least 1 proficiency must go to each opponent.

3) Subtracting dice. I'm a believer in "there's always a chance, however small." So -stealing blatantly from heavy gear- if your available dice for a roll falls under 1, you roll an extra die for each number below. So, down to 0 is 2 dice, -1 is 3, and so on. The catch is that a) you read the lowest number, and b) if that lowest is a 1, you fumble.

-Jeff

Jaif wrote: 1) New advantage: Nimbleness(minor/major). Your character is particularly adept at maintaining his footing and other feats requiring balance. +1/+3 dice to all terrain and acrobatics rolls. (For terrain rolls, you must spend at least 1 die out of your CP when in combat to get the bonus, i.e. the bonus may not be used by itself.)

Jaif wrote: 2) Heros against the odds. For those of you playing more epic campaigns who want their Aragorns to wade through lesser beings, consider: instead of splitting your CP against multiple opponents, split your proficiency but keep your reflexes. So if you have reflex 6 and poleaxe 7, you can have 9 dice on one opponent, and 10 on the other. At least 1 proficiency must go to each opponent.

Jaif wrote: 3) Subtracting dice. I'm a believer in "there's always a chance, however small." So -stealing blatantly from heavy gear- if your available dice for a roll falls under 1, you roll an extra die for each number below. So, down to 0 is 2 dice, -1 is 3, and so on. The catch is that a) you read the lowest number, and b) if that lowest is a 1, you fumble.

2) Rule intended for all combatants. It's just a mechanic to keep many-one fights interesting if that's the kind of campaign you run.

3) The unskilled mechanic was roll 2 dice, keep the highest. I'm just stealing the principle and using in skill rolls. It's actually a group thing; my players all feel happier if they have a chance to roll for something, even if the odds are miniscule.

The balance advantage is something I'm likely to add. The many to one doesn't fit my campaign right now. The unskilled thing is something I used once, and will continue to use.

-Jeff

This is pretty cool.. this is similar to something like Acute Senses(minor/major), which would grant a +1/+3 die bonus to Per checks (or somesuch..).

Jake Norwood wrote: The thing is, as has come up on the forum before, that an "acute senses" is really just a cheap way to increase your PER, even if only some of the time.

Jake Norwood wrote: The nimbleness one, though, has a separate application. What other application could come out of an acute senses Gift? That's worth talking about.

The thing is, as has come up on the forum before, that an "acute senses" is really just a cheap way to increase your PER, even if only some of the time.

Jaif wrote:

The thing is, as has come up on the forum before, that an "acute senses" is really just a cheap way to increase your PER, even if only some of the time.

With that title, yes. If I were making advantages for sense, I'd consider a) being specific on the sense, and b) granting abilities that normal people can't touch.

So, acute sense of smell not only allows you to track like a dog (though not as well), but also to discern poison in a drink that nobody else would notice (note that taste is in large part smell).