[Rq-rules] Re: increasing characteristics

[Frank Filz]

Simon Phipp wrote:
>>>> 3D6 + 3 would be 21 (max rolled) + 3 (for 3D6) + 1 (for the +3) or
>>>> 25 for species max using this system.
>>
>>  That was the RQ2 standard. RQ3 standard, which I prefer, is Maximum
>> Rollable + Minimum Rollable, which works the same for straight nD6
>> rolls, but works out a little higher for nD6+N rolls.

One problem I would have with Racial Max = Max rollable + Min rollable are 
things like Agimori, who in Borderlands get CON = 1d4+14, that would give 
them a racial max CON of 33 - of course RQ 3 changed the maximum con roll 
possible from 18, but still, races with high adders to the dice come out 
wonky - of course by the RQ 2 rules, the Agimori max CON is 20, but I tend 
to allow large modifiers to count as 2 dice instead of just one, so pretty 
everyone has a racial max CON of 21.

One thing I have been considering doing is allowing SIZ+3 (or possibly SIZ + 
delta used to compute racial max) to be used in determining max STR and CON.

Frank