[Rq-rules] Farewell to CON

[Paul Cardwell]

--- Sven Lugar <vikingjarl at gmail.com> wrote:

>  From my service experience of 35 years ago in a
> land far-far-away: 
> Brute strength was less a factor in winning a fight
> than the durability 
> & stamina from having a strong constitution. One had
> to fight off 
> disease, miserable conditions that sapped you, stay
> awake & sane thru 
> long gruelling hours that tax you mentally &
> physically, & other trials 
> that demanded little strength & a great sturdy
> constitution before you 
> even saw a fight. This even applies to
> non-combatants, such as nurses 
> who couldn't sleep thru a prolonged mortar attack &
> yet turned too & 
> patched us up. (Personally going to the wall didn't
> bust my composure 
> but going to the statue of the nurses brought back
> the hardest memories 
> for I wouldn't be alive without those women). Thus
> I've seen women hold 
> up better than men. I've seen smaller men keep going
> thru a patrol when 
> the big buff types fell apart. The nastiest fighters
> I've ever met have 
> been predominantly smaller & always faster & always
> smarter guys. But 
> yeah, I want a large strong guy dancing with the
> Stoner than some small 
> guy for a short term. So I suggest to you that
> realistically both must 
> play a part. STR & CON don't correlate but rather
> they compliment each 
> other.
> respectfully,
> Sven

While some species might be exceptions, humans exhibit
this sexual dimorphism predominately.  That is why
Mythworld prescribes high STR and SIZ is male, high
CON and DEX is female.  There are occasional
exceptions, but statistically, this is the case.

I totally agree with your statement on the value of
CON, finding it second only to INT among the primary
(rolled) characteristics.  The rest can be brought up
easily (except SIZ) or are significant only in
relatively rare circumstances.

Paul Cardwell


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