Re: [BNW] Veteran points

["Scott Kunian" <smkun@mediaone.net>]

That's assuming they are on the scale of XP, which they are not. Points used
during character creation are worth alot more then XP points. 1 point equals
1 level, unlike XP to go up 1 level you need to spend a number of XP equal
to the level you are going to. So during creation to go from 3 to 4 cost 1
point, but using XP to go from 3 to 4 would cost 4 XP. These are meant to be
on different scales. the 10 points talked about on page 194 for new tricks
are XP not Skill/quirk points...It does not mention anywhere that you can
use Skill/Quirk points like XP. The sentence in the Veteren description that
you can buy tricks has to be a mistake....

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Kilfoil <kilfoilm@nbnet.nb.ca>
To: <bnw@gamerz.net>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [BNW] Veteran points


> Scott Kunian wrote:
> >
> > Mark Kilfoil wrote:
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > p 134, "Veteran":
> > >   "When you select [the Veteran Quirk], your hero
> > >    gets an extra 5 points to spend on skills,
> > >    quirks, or tricks."
> >
> > Actually the points you get for Veteran you have to spend during
character
> > creation. So you can only spend them on Skills and Quirks. Veteran does
say
> > you can use them on tricks, but this has to be a type-o. You can only
start
> > with 3 tricks which you pick from the available list. The points you get
for
> > Veteran are treated just like Skill points and can be used on skills and
> > quirks during character creation.
>
> While it basically indicates that, it quite carefully states that you
> only
> get three tricks in character creation "for free".  I would allow a
> character
> to spend Quirk points to purchase an additional Trick (since you could
> only
> have 10 negative Quirk points, you could only get one additional Trick)
> if
> they really wanted it.  With Veteran, they would only have to spend 5
> negative quirk points for that additional trick (spending the 5 points
> from
> Veteran as well).
>
> > Spacedog wrote:
> > > > How much would they cost. What is a suggested
> > > > break down for:
> > > > Tricks
> > > > Skills
> > > > Trait Levels
> >
> > If you mean during character creation (where the points from veteran can
be
> > used) then they are the same as Skill points or quirks, they are 1 point
> > equals 1 level. Remeber you can't start higher then a +5 in a skill
though.
>
> Well, during character creation you can't buy Tricks normally (with the
> exception above, if you want to use it), and Traits are limited to a
> total
> of 12 dice to split among four Traits -- no more, no less.
>
> In character creation, you really can only buy Skills or Quirks, and
> those
> are on a one-to-one basis, i.e. each level in the Skill costs one point
> (as
> you said).
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