Is the ICON System too lethal?

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Originally posted by tonyg:
Kith,

THe same is true for the ICON system. In fact, it is even harder to write up a character with stats relatively as good as a Boot Hill PC, since the base stat is two, and characerter don't get to add anthing to thier rolls to determine initial attributes (as in BH). And with a limited amount od developeent points, high scores in one area wind up costing the character elsewhere. While players can build characters who excel in combat, the experience awards aren't as much as you might think. Characters tend to progress at a slow steady, rate.

Even if players choose to focus on thier combat skills, it's not going to make that big of a difference. Most TREK scenarios don't revolve around combat, and can't be solved by combat. Even when the occasional fight does take place, it is over very quickly.

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True, and that is the way I kind of like it. http://216.40.212.6/Board/ubb/wink.gif In virtually every game I run, characters pretty much get a meager amount of XP. They gain more by being apart of the group and role-palying or progressing the campaign along. The nice thing is my group knows that they need to spred them EP around in my games, so I very rarely have any combat oriented characters unless they are the result of random die rolls, even then the player who rolled him or her up takes great care in keeping the character alive.

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"They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree? That one fell in the next county!"

In all the games I've played, D&D(all editions),LugTrek, Vampires and Heroes, the "Twinkies" usually get bored with their character fast, how much can you kill before it becomes old hat?
My campaigns usually have limited combat, and when it does happen it either is very fast or very long if the PC's really want to do it.
And as for the reality aspect, one of my players is a karate student and is doing his ,"dame deux",don't know how to say it in englich so I wrote it in french. Basically he is beyond normal belts, his next lvl is teaching classes and going to Japan http://216.40.212.6/Board/ubb/smile.gif. This guy has defeated guys wayyy bigger than himself during his practice sessions.

In Trek terms, some characters are just good at something, high skill lvls usually decide how long you will last in combat. Being an Andorian or Klingon means you can take the hits,having Unarmed Combat(Mok'Bara) 5(6) with 2 fit means you could do multiple hits, and dodge with your obviously dodge 6 and take down the mean Klingon.
LugTrek is realistic, if you know you are going to meet something which wants to hurt you, why not try avoiding it OR surrender? Avoid the hurt and solve the problem with words.