[quote=@FantasyChic] I am currently working on my character. Question, since I can't find it and I'm lazy, how do stats work? Is there a total amount of points to put in stats? And how do each stat play into what skills we have? Thanks [/quote] Yeah it was in a hider in the OP of this iCheck. Depending on your character cannons begin at Level 3 stats, inspired by cannons start at Level 2, complete originals begin at Level 1. Here's the breakdown of the stats, examples of a Level 10 card as well as a Level 1 card. [hider=STAT Breakdowns] The stats for this game will include: I.Q. - (how strong your characters are mentally, for example Brainiac would have a pretty high I.Q. where a rookie's would be less. Average human/alien would be 2.) IQ will determine if your Signature move is worth double [IQ set at 1-5] or triple [IQ set at 6-10] hp. Strength - (1-5 has -1 damage, 6-10 has -2 damage) Average human strength would be set at 2, only characters with heightened or super strength should increase higher! EDIT: However, one could view your strength as the strength of your attacks! Speed - (1-3 has 3 attacks per post, 4-7 has 4 attacks available, 8-10 has 5 attacks) Speed NOW also effects Defense in the same way Attack is effected by Strength. 1-5 speed regains +1 health, 6-10 is +2 health. Attack - (number of attacks) Each player will have melee attacks that are not included on your attack stat including basic punches and kicks and alien tail swipes or bites. Attack is for things like heat vision, throw, generic super speed attack, etc... Defense - (number of defense moves, each can be used twice for every 5 posts. If your defense is 2 and the battle lasts 4 posts you can use 4 defense moves. If the battle rages on for 7 posts you are still limited to only 4 defensive moves total in the first 5 posts. However after the 5th post when you level up your Defense would reset. Defense can't block a signature attack!) Health - (IQ+strength+speed+defense) Health is also reset every 5 posts! *Signature moves awarded at Level 3 do double or triple damage depending on IQ. The attack/defense itself should include your metahuman ability. The only defense against a signature attack is a signature defense that can also be a move based on your metahuman ability. Signature Defense is also the only defense you can use to help another player directly in-game from an enemy attack be it a regular attack or signature attack! At the moment you can only have one or the other, Signature Attack or Signature Defense. Now... that's not a lot of info at all really. As far as stats go, I know once you have 6 points on strength some of you might ask "what's the point of having strength or speed any higher?" and the simple answer is writing limitations. If a character like Superman has 6 strength and a God like Zeus walks by with a strength of 8, in the context of the story Zeus would of course be viewed as stronger. Same thing applies for speed. Power Class - you earn a stat point/level for every 5 posts in-character. Level 1 - 16 points - 1-5 posts Level 2 - 17 points - 6-10 posts Level 3 - 18 points (plus signature attack or defense!) - 11-15 posts Level 4 - 19 points - 16-20 posts Level 5 - 20 points - 21-25 posts Level 6 - 21 points - 26-30 posts Level 7 - 22 points - 31-35 posts Level 8 - 23 points - 36-40 posts Level 9 - 24 points - 41-45 posts Level 10 - 25 points 46-50 posts If the game lasts long enough, and it might, we'll go beyond Level 10 and probably continue on to Level 15. Boss stats will be Level 15 to Level 20 with stats between 30-35 points making a team effort to defeat the enemy a must.[/hider] Here's an example of a stat card. Superman, although he should be a Level 15 or 20, is a Level 10 enemy with only a few of his powers and abilities shown in his attacks and defenses lists. This should show that even if you have a ton of powers, unless you place the stat points in attack or defense, you can only use the attacks and defenses listed while in battle. Superman is in the second strength class and in the second or third speed class. Had he been a Level 15 or 20 he'd have had the freeze breath and other classic attacks. [hider=SUPERMAN Stat Card][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/thekidlantern/Superman-STAT_zps5b82d840.png[/img][/hider] Here's another Level 1 stat card for a character in an older game... [hider=REMIX Stat Card][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/thekidlantern/remix-yj-stat_zps04582275.png[/img][/hider] ____________________________________________________________- If anybody has ANY questions, suggestions, etc. feel free to ask or shoot me a PM! Also [@rocketrobie2] I also recolored your guy since you mentioned him being in blue before... feel free to use whichever... [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/thekidlantern/aSTAT-Momentum_zpsb5ryzc6u.png[/img] ~KL~