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  • Grotug
    Veteran
    • Nov 2013
    • 1637

    What are your stats?

    What are your stats in real life? I believe mine to be something like:

    STR: -1
    DEX: +3
    WIS: +1
    INT: -2
    CON: +1
    Stealth: +3

    I’m not really sure about combat to-hit as I haven’t done much fighting.

    -1 to strength because I’m a light, skinny guy and would not want to wield a heavy weapon.

    +3 to DEX because my calves are short and bowed. As such I’m very nimble on my feet; whether it’s sprinting down a precarious mountain trail or skiing through tight trees.

    +1 to wisdom because I have a long view of the world and like to think about far reaching repercussions.

    -2 to intelligence because, well, I am not the sharpest tool in the shed. In game I still tunnel through granite near secret doors. I’m impulsive and lousy at problem solving immediate challenges and I have terrible orientation and sense of direction. Furthermore, people I live and work with have to put up with my frequent, absurd lapses of common sense on a regular basis.

    +1 to constitution because I once spent eleven months walking around with a collapsed lung before it became so bad I sought medical attention and overall I am rarely very sick.

    +3 to stealth because I am frequently startling people that aren'€™t aware of my presence without myself having any awareness that I'm being stealthy. I am constantly feeling bad that I scare people when I say 'hello'ť and they had no idea I was there. I really should have considered an occupation as a thief. In shamanism my spirit animal is the Fox. In summer camp when I was thirteen I learned how to do a fox walk. (It would be almost two decades later that I would learn what my spirit animal is).
    Last edited by Grotug; November 12, 2018, 23:04.
    Beginner's Guide to Angband 4.2.3 Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9c9e2wMngM

    Detailed account of my Ironman win here.

    "My guess is that Grip and Fang have many more kills than Gothmog and Lungorthin." --Fizzix
  • Sky
    Veteran
    • Oct 2016
    • 2321

    #2
    STR: -1
    INT: +4
    WIS: +4
    DEX: -1
    CON: +2
    Stealth: -2

    Im basically a Mayar.
    "i can take this dracolich"

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    • Derakon
      Prophet
      • Dec 2009
      • 9022

      #3
      If I recall correctly, D&D stats are supposed to represent sigmas away from average when using a normal distribution. Every +1 ability modifier (+2 to the base stat) is an extra sigma. You would therefore expect the average person to have 10s across the board; a 12 means you're in the top ~86th percentile, a 14 is the top ~98th percentile, a 16 the top 99.9th percentile. So if you give yourself a 16, then you're saying you're one in 1000 in that stat -- far from unheard-of, but not exactly common either.

      Angband naturally pushes the stats to absurd extremes, where partway through the game your character is, statistically, better than one in a million in many different areas.

      I don't care to contemplate my own stats because, the way I see it, if I'm worse than average, then that's depressing, and if I'm better than average, that tempts me into thinking I'm better than other people. I don't want to treat people like a collection of statistics; I want to treat them as people.

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      • Grotug
        Veteran
        • Nov 2013
        • 1637

        #4
        "I can take this Sky person."

        Last edited by Grotug; November 16, 2018, 10:39. Reason: forgot the quotes...
        Beginner's Guide to Angband 4.2.3 Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9c9e2wMngM

        Detailed account of my Ironman win here.

        "My guess is that Grip and Fang have many more kills than Gothmog and Lungorthin." --Fizzix

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        • wobbly
          Prophet
          • May 2012
          • 2629

          #5
          Was it Omega that had a mode to play as yourself? Asked you a set of questions about how much you can lift and your education. You could game it for crazy stats.

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          • Grotug
            Veteran
            • Nov 2013
            • 1637

            #6
            Originally posted by Derakon
            If I recall correctly, D&D stats are supposed to represent sigmas away from average when using a normal distribution. Every +1 ability modifier (+2 to the base stat) is an extra sigma. You would therefore expect the average person to have 10s across the board; a 12 means you're in the top ~86th percentile, a 14 is the top ~98th percentile, a 16 the top 99.9th percentile. So if you give yourself a 16, then you're saying you're one in 1000 in that stat -- far from unheard-of, but not exactly common either.
            Based on this I think my self assessment was pretty accurate. In certain areas my intelligence is definitely in the 1st percentile, and other areas it's average. I would expect my stealth to be in the the top 90th or so. My dexterity is probably not in actually +3 (prolly more like +1 or +2) as I'm not very coordinated, but I do have unusual leg shape and proportions that lends to very nimble foot work.

            Derakon, I'm pretty sure you're a Dunedain. I think it's a fun exercise to see which game races I line up with (hobbit mostly). And I'm curious how others see themselves, too, with explanations as to why they give the stats they give. Obviously it's not an official tally of peoples' stats so it would be silly if anyone were to take it seriously and feel they were better or worse than another person irl.
            Beginner's Guide to Angband 4.2.3 Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9c9e2wMngM

            Detailed account of my Ironman win here.

            "My guess is that Grip and Fang have many more kills than Gothmog and Lungorthin." --Fizzix

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            • Derakon
              Prophet
              • Dec 2009
              • 9022

              #7
              Originally posted by wobbly
              Was it Omega that had a mode to play as yourself? Asked you a set of questions about how much you can lift and your education. You could game it for crazy stats.
              Yep, though it would snark at you if you claimed to have an IQ of 200 or be able to bench-press 400 pounds.

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              • Sphara
                Knight
                • Oct 2016
                • 504

                #8
                Originally posted by wobbly
                Was it Omega that had a mode to play as yourself? Asked you a set of questions about how much you can lift and your education. You could game it for crazy stats.
                Character creation scene in Omega predicted the future sociopolitical climate. Instead of asking you to choose a gender, it asked for your 'sexual preference'.

                EDIT: My stats are mostly negative. Wisdom might be 0 or +1.

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                • Voovus
                  Adept
                  • Feb 2018
                  • 158

                  #9
                  Inspired by this post, I fooled around with the character gen a little to discover that:

                  * The Elf is the only race with higher Int than Dex (by a pathetic +1).

                  Niiiiiiiiick!

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                  • Therem Harth
                    Knight
                    • Jan 2008
                    • 926

                    #10
                    STR +1: I'm stronger than I look.
                    INT +1: Computer nerd.
                    WIS -2: My girlfriend has told me I have no sense of self preservation.
                    DEX -1: I'm also fatter than I look.
                    CON -4: Aaaalllllll the autoimmune crap.
                    CHR +1: I once bluffed a drunk guy out of punching me, that has to count for something.

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                    • Monkey Face
                      Adept
                      • Feb 2009
                      • 244

                      #11
                      STR: +1 it was almost 40 years ago but a nickname in high school was Muscular
                      INT: +3 Smart enough to go to a top college
                      WIS: -2 I do a lot of dumb things for someone so smart
                      DEX: -3 I'm a bull in a china shop
                      CON: +2 Pretty healthy for someone my age who does so little physical activity

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                      • bio_hazard
                        Knight
                        • Dec 2008
                        • 649

                        #12
                        STR +1
                        INT +2
                        WIS --
                        DEX -1
                        CON +1

                        Also, inherent -5 speed because I'm always either over encumbrance with my overstuffed backpack or stopping to look at birds or take pictures (or both), and my wife swears I can see invisible (or at least infravision) because I spot a lot of wildlife whenever we go for a walk.

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