Character Attributes

Overview

Attributes are made up of three Aspects, and three Categories one being calculated, creating a Matrix:

Aspect	Description
Body	Physical attributes
Mind	Mental attributes
Soul	Spiritual Attributes

Category	Type	Description
Capacity	Generated	Describe the inherent capacity for abilities (Potential) and not the abilities them self.
Abilities	Generated
Capabilities	Calculated	The effective combination of Capacities and Abilities, hence the name

Generation

Capacities and Abilities, can be either randomly generated or assigned/purchased, or a combination there of, based on the Game Setting/Rules established

And the granularity and complexity of of attributes can be defined (different for different aspects)

Level

What needs to defined is the level (depth/breath) of Attributes that are established

Level	Body	Mind	Soul
0	Body	Mind	Soul
1, 1, 1	Capacities/Abilities	Capacities/Abilities	Capacities/Abilities
2,2,2,2,2,2

Example: Body 1, Mind 1, Soul 0, would result in five attributes

Scale

What needs to defined is the level (depth/breath) of Attributes that are established

Attributes

	Simple	Complex	Avanced
Superb	4	40	400
Great	3	30	300
Good	2	20	200
Fair	1	10	100
Mediocre
Poor
Terrible
Non Existent	0	0	0

Granularity

						Formula				Roll
Scale	Differsity	Formula	Worst of Best of #	# Dice	Dice Size	Total Dice Value	Multiplier Granularity Increments	Total		Min	Average	Max	Expand	Notes/Example
1	1	2D1		2	1	2	100	200		0	1	2	N/A
2	1	4D1		4	1	4	50	200		0	2	4	[Scale 1] *2 + (2D1 - 1)	Essentially +/- Dice
	2	2D2
	4	1D4
2.5	1	5D1		5	1	5	40	200		0		5
	5	1D5
5	1	10D1		10	1	10	20	200		0	5	10	[Scale 2] * 2
	2	5D2
	3	3D3+1D1
	4	2D4+1D2
10	1	20D1		20	1	20	10	200		0	10	20	4
	2	10D2
	4	5D4
	5	4D5		4	5	20	10	200		0	10	20
20	1	40D1		40	1	40	5	200		0	20	40	8
	4	10D4
	5	8D5
	10a	2D9+2D11
	10b	4D9+1D4
	10c	4D9+2D2
	10b	4D9+4D1
25	1	50D1		50	1	50	4	200		0	25	50	10
	5	10D5		10	5	50	4	200		0	25	50
50	1	100D1		100	1	100	2	200		0	50	100	20
	4	25D4
	5	20D5
	10a	5D9+5D11
	10b	11D9+1D1
100		200D1		200	1	200	1	200		0	100	200	50
1000		2000D1		2000	1	2000	0.1	200		0.0	1000	2000

Capacities

Capacity, is the highest level of capabilities, and is used to describe the inherent abilities (Potential) of someone (containing the abilities) and not the abilities themself.

For example, my water bottle has the capacity of ... but the ability to hold water.

Don't require energy and don't change much through use/training, used as static values or resources

Overview

		Capacities	Body	Mind	Soul	User for
1	Stage	Health	Vitality	Clarity	Sanity	Damage Capacity
		Maturity	Practice	Knowledge	Experience	Skills
	Scale	Size	Mass	Faculty	Spirit	Scale
		Awareness	Perception	Alertness	Intuition	Input
2	Inner/ Outer	Presence	Appearance	Empathy	Charisma	Social
		Toughness	Recovery	Confidence	Steel
	2	Hardiness	Toughness	Focus	Tenacity/Will	Armor
		Flexibility	Agility	Ingenuity	Adaptability	Soak

Details

Capacity	Abbr.	Description	Aspect		Opposite
Vitality	VIT	The health of body, its reliability, resistance to disease, recovery from injury,..	Body	Health	Maturity
Clarity	CLA	The health of mind, it's clarity, capacity to process correct incoming information from the senses	Mind	Health	Maturity
Sanity	SAN	The health of soul, it's equilibrium of mood, ...	Soul	Health	Maturity
Practice	PRC	The maturity of body, the time spend exercising, repeating or try physical feats	Body	Maturity	Health
Knowledge	KWL	The maturity of mind, the time spend learning, reorganizing, ...	Mind	Maturity	Health
Experience	EXP	The maturity of soul, The Wisdom of age, experiences	Soul	Maturity	Health
Toughness	TOU	The hardiness and rigidity of the body, the armor to overcome for physical stress	Body	Hardiness	Flexibility
Focus	FOC	The hardiness and rigidity of mind, the single minded focus, the armor to over come mental stress	Mind	Hardiness	Flexibility
Tenacity	TEN	The hardiness and rigidity of Soul, tenacity, strong-willed, head-strong, the armor to overcome soul stress	Soul	Hardiness	Flexiblity
Agility	AGI	The flexibility (and resilience) of the body, the move-ability of it's parts, Nimbleness	Body	Flexibility	Hardiness
Ingenuity	ING	The flexibility (and resilience) of the mind, Imagination, Fantasy.	Mind	Flexibility	Hardiness
Adaptability	ADA	The flexibility (and resilience) of the soul, Adroitness	Soul	Flexibility	Hardiness
Mass	MAS	The size of body, it's weight, height, reach, stride, but also Voice, Odor, ...	Body	Size	Awareness
Faculty	FAC	The size of (inner) mind, long and short term memory (absent minded professor)	Mind	Size	Awareness
Spirit	SPI	The size of soul, it's elan and passion	Soul	Size	Awareness
Perception	PER	The capacity of ones senses, eyesight, hearing, smell, touch, taste, ...	Body	Awareness	Size
Alertness	ALE	Discernment Cognition	Mind	Awareness	Size
Intuition	INT	Awareness of Spirit/Soul, Instinct, Enlightenment	Soul	Awareness	Size
Appearance	APP	Presence of Body, Beauty, Style, Appeal	Body	Presence
Empathy	EMP	Presence of Mind, Mind Sight, ...	Mind	Presence
Charisma	CHA	Presence of Soul, Strength of Personality, ..	Soul	Presence

Abilities

are the next order and are with the capacity, and are essentially the highest order of skills

Require energy and can change through use/training or lack there off. Influence many skills.

Overview

		Abilities	Body	Mind	Soul	Capacity
1		Endurance	Stamina		Drive
		Power Force	Brawn	Intellect Faculty	Ego Passion	Size
		Quickness	Speed Explosivness	Recall	Decisiveness
2		Control Precision	Dexterity Agility		Discipline	Flexibility Awareness
	2

Details

Abilities	Abbr.	Description	Aspect		Opposite
Stamina	STA		Endurance
Drive	DRV		Endurance
Brawn	BWN		Power
Speed	SPD		Quicknesss
Recall	REC		Quickness
Decisiveness	DEC		Quickness
Dexterity	DEX		Control
Discipline	DIS		Control

Capabilities

Are calculated based on Capacities and Abilities

Capability	Description	Calculation
Wit	Mental Reaction Speed	Recall, Decisiveness
Grace	Panache	Charisma, Dexterity
Reflex	Physical Reaction Speed	Speed, Perception		Instinct
Explosive	Explosive Power, Punch, Kick	Speed, Brawn
Force		Mass, Brawn
		Health & Endurance
Aim		Dexterity, Eyesight
Balance		Agility, Body Sense