I was heading towards Ryan’s idea, although I thought we might just assign armour points based on what people had in their costume.
As far as teaching words goes, the RPG allows word teaching under very restricted circumstances. I was not going to allow it at all. The RPG is also much more restrictive on vocabulary, where your vocabulary is controlled by your intelligence and 18 is the Maximum. Some characters can have only one word…
I thought we might give everyone the whole vocabulary, but maybe a Smart caveman could have an extra word (you choose what), and the Banging Caveman could have one less (you choose which).
Tough caveman: +1hp, can use 2h weapons
Fast caveman: can run away (like Wild Evade)
Smart caveman: can draw, 1 extra word,
Banging caveman: 1 less word, can do double damage, stupid
I’m trying to avoid the requirement to should ‘double’ as you bang someone. Maybe shout ‘bang!’ when you cause double damage, like if you’re the banging caveman or tough with 2h weapon?
Also, may just merge the Tough and Banging cavemen together.
Most of the character stuff in the RPG disappears in LARP since its part of your character’s personality.