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Post by daddystabz on Jun 25, 2014 19:57:22 GMT
I am just getting into the Doctor Who RPG after having received my 50th. Anniversary book and noticed to my dismay that the 11th. Doctor's writeup in the book has slightly superior stats to the 10th. Doctor. Why is this? Is it due to him having slightly more experience now?
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Post by Siskoid on Jun 25, 2014 20:45:01 GMT
Though write-ups based on established characters don't always conform to the rules of player character design, the rules do say a regenerating Time Lord would get one rank of Experienced Time Lord, which would give him or her more points to put into his/her next incarnation, so 11 being more experienced (and thus have more total points) than 10 is perfectly understandable.
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Post by daddystabz on Jun 25, 2014 20:58:51 GMT
Bah! I loved Tennant. LOL
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Post by Siskoid on Jun 25, 2014 21:27:58 GMT
I got a sense of that, yeah ;-)
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Post by Hedgewick on Jun 26, 2014 0:57:39 GMT
Just imagine what the First Doctor would have to say about all this!
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Post by Siskoid on Jun 26, 2014 1:03:50 GMT
I don't know, but he'd probably flub it a little bit.  |
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Post by jennysfan on Jun 26, 2014 3:01:42 GMT
...and now I don't have to say why I'm always a little unhappy with the Doctor's write up in the 'Doctor' sourcebooks.
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Post by misterharry on Jun 26, 2014 10:49:25 GMT
I don't know, but he'd probably flub it a little bit. What's that, Chesterfield? I've only an Ingenious point of 7? Ridiculous! If it weren't for me, we'd all end up as cinders floating round in Spain! Hmm? |
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Post by Craig Oxbrow on Jun 26, 2014 15:01:22 GMT
I've tweaked the Doctors' sheets when using them for convention games, partially for better balance with other characters but also partially as I think the Doctors' abilities vary a bit more than the official version.
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Post by Stormcrow on Jun 26, 2014 15:17:09 GMT
I've tweaked the Doctors' sheets I've called the game police. They're on their way to haul you to prison. Stay where you are until they arrive. |
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Post by Craig Oxbrow on Jun 28, 2014 1:28:54 GMT
You don't scare me coppers, I've run classic World Of Darkness games!
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Post by jennysfan on Jun 28, 2014 1:57:14 GMT
So you're already on the most wanted list? I'm thinking of tinkering with the sheets myself, but I'd like to wait until I have all of them. Consistency is one of the issues I have..."Why did this Doctor suddenly forget how to do this?" |
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Post by da professor on Jun 28, 2014 8:03:22 GMT
"Why did this Doctor suddenly forget how to do this?" Brain damage due to the trauma of a badly managed regeneration? |
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Post by misterharry on Jun 28, 2014 8:05:16 GMT
"Why did this Doctor suddenly forget how to do this?" Brain damage due to the trauma of a badly managed regeneration? That's sort of how I look at it. Not brain damage exactly. But the whole body is regenerated, including the brain. Some memories are lost or shunted into archive; others come to the fore. |
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Post by jennysfan on Jun 28, 2014 8:21:38 GMT
True, but it happens alot...
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Post by misterharry on Jun 28, 2014 8:26:09 GMT
Well, if every cell in the brain is renewed or replaced, there's bound to be a lot of disruption, even during a smooth regeneration.
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Post by Siskoid on Jun 28, 2014 12:31:06 GMT
The same way the Doctor loses and gains interests and hobbies. Different brain, different affinities. And that's part of the skill loss, surely. Say you played a musical instrument, but then lost interest in music and didn't pick that instrument up for years, you'd be rusty when you picked it up again. Well the Doctor is like that. Each incarnation is a different collection of interests and priorities that makes him a different person who allocates more or less energy, thought and practice into [SKILL].
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