Here on Twisted we are using a four statistic system for governing a character's basic abilities. As characters change during role play, we don't expect these numbers to be set in stone. We are simply asking players to include this information upon character creation so that (when combined with regularly posted logs) we can keep track of a character's progress and have a rough estimate of what a character can do. These four statisics are Physical Ability, Knowledge, Magical Knowledge, and Superhuman Ability. Again, these are to get a basic idea about a character.
| Physical Ability | How much your body has been trained. |
| Knowledge | How trained your mind is on a subject or group of subjects. |
| Magical Knowledge | What is your understanding/power of magic? |
| Superhuman Ability | How attuned is your chi, psionics, or other non-magical special abilities? |
For each of these statistics we are using a 10 point grading scale to determine your character's knowledge/experience in each field.
| 10 | Diety level, no limits | There are no greater powers possible. |
| 9 | Seemingly endless ability | While you seem to weild endless power, there is a breaking point. |
| 8 | Artificially mastered | Someone or something has pushed you past your limits. |
| 7 | Lifetime study/mastery | You've spent your whole life practicing and mastered all you can. |
| 6 | Advanced Skill | You've spent decades studying. |
| 5 | Practiced Skill | You've spent a few years practicing. |
| 4 | Natural Basic Ability | You are one of the few blessed with natural tallent. |
| 3 | Elementary understanding | You have basic textbook knowledge/skill. |
| 2 | Primitive Understanding | You know there's more to this skill, but you don't know first-hand. |
| 1 | Faint potential to understand | The potential is inside you, but you don't know it yet. |
| 0 | No knowledge/power to speak of | What? I don't understand? Where's the tea? |
If your abilities cannot be summarised as they are too chaotic or fluctuate too much please write a paragraph explaining how/why this is so our staff can understand the situation.
The following is not a requirement, but simply something we're throwing out for those who have trouble understanding this system and how characters compare to one another. By adding all four numbers together and dividing by four we arrive at what we like to call a character's "threat level." This value shows approximately how well character A will do against character B. Again, this is more to help give a basic idea, not set things in stone. Twisted MUCK is more concerned with free-form RP (i.e. the flow of the scene determines the outcome) than statistic-based combat. The only time these numbers should concern anyone is at the creation of a character or in the event of a out-of-character conflict when no other resolution can be found.
[ ]+[ ]+[ ]+[ ]/4= Threat level