[CF-Devel] Bug or feature? Stat maximums for certain classes can exceed race maximums.

[Mark Wedel]

Peter Mardahl wrote:
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      I refer to:
     
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      http://langmuir.eecs.berkeley.edu/~peterm/Class.html
      
      
     
 Just a note - it seems that the net+ totals on that page are not accurate in
all cases.

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      So here's the bug:
     
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      If you start with a player with a roll of 18 in a stat,
     
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      and then choose any race, and then choose a class which gives a +3
     
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      bonus to that stat, that player will exceed his "race maximum" in
     
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      taht stat by 1 point.
     
     
 I would argue that the race should determine the stat bonuses and the class
basically determines starting skills and equipment.

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      If it is a BUG:
     
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      1)  Fix by setting the affected stat to the race-maximum (means
     
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          the player will need 1 to 2 more potions than he'd need otherwise)?
     
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      2)  Fix by setting all race maxima to be <max roll> +3 instead of +2?
     
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      3)  Fix by not giving the whole bonus, but not taking all the
     
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      negative stats?
     
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      4)  Fix by restricting classes to +2 only bonuses?
     
     
 I wonder how hard it would be to make it so that extra point is stored away and
then gets used if the player gets depleted, puts on a negative item, dies with
permanent stat loss, etc.

 So your natural stat would still be affected by racial maximums, but if
negative effected, you then get the bonus.