Bucho 145 Posted February 28, 2018 So I'm a big descent fan, I'd like to like this...but soak... I haven't gotten very far and I'm already cringing. I just cannot understand some of the design decisions here, could they really not come up with a better name? 5 1 lyinggod, Magnus Arcanus, twincast and 3 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
awayputurwpn 7,720 Posted February 28, 2018 Meatiness Rating? Damage Avoidance Rating? Ability-to-take-more-punishment-than-the-average-schmuck Rating? 2 1 AnomalousAuthor, RLogue177 and Big_Pete009 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaosoe 7,579 Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) I prefer it over "Damage Reduction". They also may be avoiding some terms due to not wanting to draw too heavily on one game or another, even for terminology. Soak is a good name to me. Edited March 1, 2018 by kaosoe 7 Sturn, Big_Pete009, AK_Aramis and 4 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bellyon 231 Posted March 1, 2018 In Portuguese the translation is fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnomalousAuthor 506 Posted March 1, 2018 And here I thought this thread was going to be about game mechanics... 2 3 Souppilgrim, kaosoe, TheGMSource and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bellyon 231 Posted March 1, 2018 4 minutes ago, ghatt said: And here I thought this thread was going to be about game mechanics... Same to be honest. 3 Tabulazero, AnomalousAuthor and twincast reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2P51 33,567 Posted March 1, 2018 I like concise. 4 letters is probably about as concise as you can get. 5 1 awayputurwpn, kaosoe, SavageBob and 3 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glewis2317 214 Posted March 1, 2018 Soak sums it up pretty well. 4 ObiWanBilbo, awayputurwpn, AK_Aramis and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarthGM 2,337 Posted March 1, 2018 What's wrong with Soak? 2 twincast and Grimmerling reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
awayputurwpn 7,720 Posted March 1, 2018 Thing is, you're like 5.5 years late on the whole "design decisions" thing @Bucho many of us here are all very used to the "Soak" mechanic being linked to that terminology. 1 2 Big_Pete009, Suzume Chikahisa and AK_Aramis reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richardbuxton 7,319 Posted March 1, 2018 17 minutes ago, awayputurwpn said: Thing is, you're like 5.5 years late on the whole "design decisions" thing @Bucho many of us here are all very used to the "Soak" mechanic being linked to that terminology. Try 9 years thanks to Warhammer Fantasy RPG 3ed 3 AK_Aramis, twincast and awayputurwpn reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forgottenlore 9,838 Posted March 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Richardbuxton said: Try 9 years thanks to Warhammer Fantasy RPG 3ed 15 years or more. Savage Worlds (and probably deadlands before it?) uses the term. 2 RLogue177 and Richardbuxton reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon Retold 1,132 Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) 27 years. I mean, for those who played White Wolf’s Vampire: The Masquerade or other World of Darkness games. Not that, um, I was one of those weeeeeird people… Edited March 1, 2018 by Simon Retold 5 3 1 LordPasty, Suzume Chikahisa, twincast and 6 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGMSource 55 Posted March 1, 2018 18 minutes ago, Simon Retold said: 27 years. I mean, for those who played White Wolf’s Vampire: The Masquerade or other World of Darkness games. Not that, um, I was one of those weeeeeird people… Dang you beat me to it. Vampire The Masquerade was my first. I ran a Vampire game for a little over 2 years until I joined the Military. It seems I've always related soak to damage in games. My love of Vampire is most likely why the Narrative Dice System felt just right my first play through. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RusakRakesh 567 Posted March 1, 2018 AC is taken... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bellyon 231 Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) 84 years. Since I was in that ship which hit the iceberg. We used to use soak as the capacity of the hull to hold the impact. Edited March 2, 2018 by Bellyon 5 Richardbuxton, twincast, Suneisha and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doomgrin75 48 Posted March 1, 2018 http://www.thesaurus.com/ /thread Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarthDude 556 Posted March 1, 2018 Quote soak noun [ C ] (PERSON) old-fashioned informal a person who is often drunk So it's technically armor made of drunks 2 Foghorn and kaosoe reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
awayputurwpn 7,720 Posted March 1, 2018 25 minutes ago, DarthDude said: So it's technically armor made of drunks Sounds about right. 3 DarthDude, kaosoe and DarthGM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaosoe 7,579 Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) 23 hours ago, DarthDude said: So it's technically armor made of drunks Ah so you've been to our gaming sessions. Edited March 2, 2018 by kaosoe 2 2 Absol197, DarthDude, Cyvaris and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foghorn 62 Posted March 1, 2018 After perusing thesaurus.com, I'm changing my character sheets to list "Soak" as "Moisten" 3 6 1 awayputurwpn, twincast, Richardbuxton and 7 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyvaris 178 Posted March 2, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, kaosoe said: Ah so you've been do our gaming sessions. Our game last week degenerated into drunken babbling and fighting over a large stuffed crocodile in order to better lay on the floor while gaming. We've decided to have a "sober" week this Friday because, well the game goes nowhere most weeks. It doesn't help that one of my players is a bartender and makes wicked good mixed drinks. Edited March 2, 2018 by Cyvaris 2 Richardbuxton and DarthDude reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaosoe 7,579 Posted March 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Cyvaris said: Our game last week degenerated into drunken babbling and fighting over a large stuffed crocodile in order to better lay on the floor while gaming. We've decided to have a "sober" week this Friday because, well the game goes nowhere most weeks. It doesn't help that one of my players is a bartender and makes wicked good mixed drinks. That is the danger of adult gaming. It sounds like your group made the wise call. 1 DarthDude reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tabulazero 40 Posted March 2, 2018 On 3/1/2018 at 3:16 AM, DarthGM said: What's wrong with Soak? That it looks too much like a mechanism to mitigate the lethality of the game which actually does not rely on or enhance the narration. It's clumsy but it is easy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
