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[02:53]	Somecrazyguy	$life perk
[02:53]	[ATM]	Somecrazyguy [Life Perk 77]: Soma.  The character has a strong body.  They get their choice of +1 Guts, +1 Brawn, or +1 Athletic.  The increased stat cannot be lowered to pay for another stat.
[02:53]	[ATM]	This perk requires some minor effort to maintain.  Roughly ten hours a week go into activities that help them maintain this benefit, often exercising, going to the gym, sparring, running, or something else that's relatively enriching.  Available time for other activities is reduced so long as this perk is so maintained, taking 125% as long.
[02:53]	Somecrazyguy	the fuck?
[02:53]	Somecrazyguy	what a crap perk to roll. "Have something you could have gotten with IG effort anyway"
[02:54]	Somecrazyguy	$life perk
[02:54]	[ATM]	Somecrazyguy [Life Perk 5]: Emotionally stable.  Character resists initial unpowered attempts at affecting their emotions.  Powered attempts are more easily resisted, or effect is delayed in taking hold/effect.
[02:54]	Somecrazyguy	$life perk
[02:54]	[ATM]	Somecrazyguy [Life Perk 53]: Famous Deed.  The character achieved something or was involved in an event in the past, and they're recognized for it.  They might have been involved in a fight with/the ultimate defeat of a notable villain before coming to the city and their reputation precedes them, or they were a musician before finding their current career and people recognize them for their work.
[02:54]	[ATM]	This manifests as recognition and cachet with the low-level rabble.  Rather than belong to a singular organization they can call in favors with, they get a bonus to dealings with the nameless mooks and faces in a crowd, and can call in favors.
[02:54]	[ATM]	These favors work the same way as others do, with diminishing returns or even backlash if used too often in a short period of time, but can apply to anyone who isn't notable enough to have a name or be a recurring character, who doesn't have reason to hate the character.  They might offer an autograph to a security guard of a club in exchange for backdoor access, or mention that cool thing they did once to convince some gangsters of an opposing gang to switch sides.
[02:54]	Mishie	uhhhh
[02:54]	Mishie	Soma is a fucking huge perk
[02:55]	Somecrazyguy	I have to disagree
[02:55]	Somecrazyguy	mainly because you can get the same perk without rolling on the damn chart
[02:55]	Somecrazyguy	and it's kind of a waste because of that
[02:55]	Mishie	you can only get it with a gm that dose milestones
[02:55]	Mishie	and y'know
[02:55]	Mishie	after doing said milestone
[02:56]	Somecrazyguy	the milestones are different
[02:56]	Somecrazyguy	stat boosts from that are permanent here-you-gos
[02:56]	Mishie	and I'm fairly sure that you can only get stat boosts from that
[02:56]	Mishie	unless training was changed yet again
[02:56]	Nonagon	You can't up Brawn from exercising a bunch anymore, I don't think.
[02:56]	Mishie	because iirc that was just for skills
[02:56]	Somecrazyguy	seriously
[02:56]	Somecrazyguy	that's kind of dumb
[02:57]	Mishie	yeah
[02:57]	Somecrazyguy	if my character does stronglifts 5x5 for a month he should be stronger
[02:57]	Somecrazyguy	especially if he was a brawn 2 character at start
[02:57]	Mishie	which is why having +1 to a stat can be huge
[02:57]	Wildbow	We'll implement something at some point
[02:57]	Wildbow	But it was being broken so regularly it's not worth it at this point
[02:57]	Mishie	yeah
[02:57]	Mishie	training was just...
[02:57]	Somecrazyguy	I...guess I get that, yeah.
[02:57]	Mishie	training was just too easy to abuse
[02:57]	Nonagon	Though, it is kind of an issue that there are several life perks that are just things you can get from normal milestone use, or even in some cases slightly worse (e.g. three points Empathy).
[02:58]	Somecrazyguy	I feel like it would be a lot easier if we had a regular schedule for each character
[02:58]	Mishie	it was the perfect rich get richer mechanic
[02:58]	Wildbow	It's a prety sizable bonus.
[02:58]	Wildbow	Especially when starting out
[02:58]	Wildbow	*pretty
[02:58]	Somecrazyguy	I really disagree, but it looks like I'm overruled.
[02:58]	Mishie	old training rules where you got free points just for having a job, and you could also get a point from taking a class?
[02:58]	Mishie	You could max out a skill in about two weeks
[02:58]	Mishie	if not less
[02:59]	Somecrazyguy	tbf having a job does make sense with skill points if you're in a specialized field
[02:59]	Somecrazyguy	ie a biologist should know about biology, doctor should know about doctoring
[02:59]	Mishie	yeah but it shouldn't be a way to just get free points
[02:59]	Nonagon	It 'makes sense' to let you deadlift to pump Brawn, but there's a reason there's no such mechanic in such a set of systems as diverse as D&D, Fate, and Hero.
[03:00]	Mishie	mhm
[03:00]	Somecrazyguy	Because those are all based on fantasy
[03:00]	Mishie	I can't think of a single system off the top of my head that allows you to just grind stats or skills like that
[03:00]	Mishie	uh
[03:00]	Somecrazyguy	Worm is more grounded in the real world
[03:00]	Somecrazyguy	than any of those
[03:00]	Mishie	Uhhhh
[03:00]	Mishie	Uhhhhhh
[03:00]	Somecrazyguy	really mish
[03:00]	Nonagon	Fate is pulp, Hero is superheroes. GURPS also doesn't let you deadlift to pump ST, I don't think.
[03:01]	Nonagon	and GURPS is "heroic realism"
[03:01]	Somecrazyguy	Hero is broken as fuck as i recall
[03:01]	Somecrazyguy	also