Using attributes other than IQ for % bonuses to skills

[Jaymz]

Originally posted over on the Palladium forums - palladium-megaverse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=141223


Has anyone tried to make attributes more contributive to skills than they are now (which is hardly at all)?

I'm going over the skills and it seems to me IQ just isn't good enough. Shouldn't MA and/or PB also affect say Seduction? PP affect Pick Pocket or Dancing?

I am thinking that maybe taking the appropriate attribute but using the IQ bonus line of % would be a nice way to add additional bonuses to skills that would certainly benefit form such attributes.

IE Seduction and the character has an IQ of 20, PB of 24 and MA of 22. Normally only IQ would give a bonus (in this case +6%) but my way would see this particular character get an additional +10% (PB) and +8% (MA) for a total bonus of +24% making them naturally very seductive due to three factors not JUST IQ. Does this make sense to anyone, as it does to me, to do?

[hellside503oso]

Hmm that is something to think about. I'll go over my books & refresh myself on the subject Jaymz. Then I'll be able to give you a more concise idea how if it'd work for me...or not.

[joshuagoliath]

Much like the 3.X style. And I agree, it should work this way.

The hassle is going through the plethora of skills in PB and assigning stats.

Also, the counter argument is that your IQ is giving you an insight on how the skill works and its finer details, hence it applying to all skills.

[Jaymz]

I am not saying to NOT use IQ. I am saying you can apply multiple attributes to a skill. As the example shows.

[damianmagecraft]

One may want to limit the number of stats that can affect a skill otherwise you might get that wisenheimer who figures out an argument for all 8 stats to apply to a single skill...
I would set the limit at 3 [IQ + XX + YY] max and have 2 [IQ + XX] be the norm.

[Jaymz]

That's why each skill would list the appropriate stars for each skill and them you can tell those weisenheimers to pound dirt

I think 3 is, in the vast majority of cases, the most one might be able to argue anyway.