Re: [BNW] Splitting Skill Points - Why?

["James Cook" <jcook@net-serv.com>]

Hi Steve,

>Just as a note, I double checked and I couldn't find any reference to it in
>the Accumulated Rulings.  At least, not looking under the Character
Creation
>and Quirks tags, or by doing a Search of the page.  We also couldn't really
>find anywhere that it was implied, and at least one point where it seemed
to
>simply treat skill points like skill points, with no further distinction.

You're right...it's not in there. I made a bad assumption :(

>Of course, Matt may very well have stated it here, but without his answer
in
>the Accumulated Rulings or elsewhere, that isn't of much use.

Agreed.

>The other reason we had problems with that concept is that (presumably) if
>you take no Negative Quirks, such a ruling would prevent you from taking
any
>Positive Quirks.  I suppose it's unlikely, but not impossible, that a
>character might be created without any Negative Quirks...  But if a player
>really wanted to do this, they'd be limited.

I'm not sure if you are familiar with Deadlands and Hell on Earth or not,
and as a BNW player it shouldn't matter if you are or not, but...in
Deadlands, you may not buy Edges (PQs) without buying an equal or greater
number of Hindrances (NQs). In HOE, Edges and skill points come from the
same pool, and Hindrances are separate (the same thing you're suggesting for
BNW). According to info obtained from Matt while putting together the BNWCG
program, BNW works like Deadlands, not HOE. Personally, I like the HOE way
better, and wish all three games used the same system, but PEG doesn't
consult me on design decisions :)

Thanks,
James "insert witty comment here" Cook