It can be useful to get a good overview in personal meetings as well.
For example, when Claus got into a fight with Andrew. You might have heard of it, the battle of Telmarion. (:P)

It was good to compare stats, get a good feel of how the two were going to try and win it and all that.

But as [@Kho] said in such infinite wisdom. "but story trumps stats every single time." and that's how the system my friend designed works as well.
For example, it's a stat system which doesn't use points or dice to determine a character's stats and skills.
Everything is chosen so it makes sense for that character.


But i think it's very important to compare values and skill and then pointing it out, repeatedly, it's the only adult way to get to know how much better you are than everyone else! :D
*Kisses biceps*
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