about reset history of the rpg

[Kaden]

I wanted to bring up a point that no one has yet to bring up (probably because none of the real old timers are in this discussion). If you want a serious point of reference, CJ, look at your starting stats. Go ahead. Now, you started with all of your physical stats at 240, and a base ki of just under one million. When I started, I had physical stats of 3. Yeah, that's right. The number between 2 and 4.

Using the Guru Upgrade, spars, saga rewards, tournament prizes, dragonball wishes, and trips to the Room Of Spirit And Time, I've gotten my stats where they are today. Is it fair to me that I keep them? You bet Reijin's sweet ass it is. Is it fair to the new members? Hell no.

Now, let's move on to the point of realism. Before continuing, I'd like to point out that everyone has the power to FLY AROUND AT WILL AND FIRE BEAMS OF ENERGY FROM THEIR HANDS. With said, lets move on. This is a Dragonball Z RPG. Now, if you've watched the show, you understand that, for example, Krillin is weaker than Goku. End of story. Full stop. Krillin will always be weaker than Goku, and that's just kind of given. People accept that and move on to enjoy the rest of the show. Would it make sense to have an episode of DBZ where suddenly Krilling was beating the shit out Kid Buu and Goku was getting his ass pounded by Icarus? No, not really.

But wait, you say, this an RPG, not the show. And right you are. The staff are fully aware of the plight of the "weak" and have been very sensetive to it. We've gone out of our way to create quests, items, events, so and so forth, to give the weaker character something to do and a way to bolster their stats. We've even had several events where we threw stats out the window and said the only thing that matters is RolePlaying. We're not cold, heartless bastards who enjoy flaunting our made up power over the other people with less made up power.

You also have to understand that most of the staff have heard this argument over and over.