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[–] oldGregg@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

Empathy was not on their character sheets, so everyone gets a new empathy skill set to 1 out of a possible 30.

Everyone now has the lowest non zero empathy score

[–] illi@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

Granted. Max stat is 100. You can't tell the difference.

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 8 points 11 months ago

Granted. A sheet of meaningless paper appears in everyone's possession. This sheet of paper lists stats that have no effect, and among them is empathy.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Granted. The world is unchanged because when all action and perception is shifted exactly the same amount in the same way, the relative effect is net zero.

[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

I love the imication that someone can be so empathetic that it makes me less

[–] adriator@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Everyone gets a +1 empathy but that point needs to be taken from somewhere else. Therefore everyone also gets -1 intelligence.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Granted but their Inland Empire also stat gets set to 10.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Unlimited power

[–] AChiTenshi@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Granted.

Games everywhere that have character sheets get a new field if it does not already exist called empathy. A value of 1 is set to it or it increases by 1 if the field already existed. Many arguments are had about how this effects the games. No ones actual empathy changes.