Re: [BNW] Splitting Skill Points - Why?

[Kirk Monsen <munchwolf@yahoo.com>]

--- Steve Crow <crow_steve@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >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
> 
> 
> So, since you are limited to 10 points of Hindrances
> in Deadlands (or at 
> least, you used to be), you can't take more than 10
> points of Edges?  I 
> don't recall that for Deadlands, although we're on
> an earlier edition (see 
> below).

As I recall, in the original book it was this way, and
then changed in Quick and the Dead to the HOE system
(where you could use skill points to buy edges).
> 
> 3) It shouldn't really make a difference in
> Deadlands, should it?  The main 
> difference it makes in BNW is because points are
> allocated for specific 
> skills, while in Deadlands/HoE you just get a
> general skill/point pool where 
> the points can be put anywhere.  I suppose there's a
> way to abuse it in 
> Deadlands/HoE, but I can't think of it right off
> hand.

It's true, a big difference is that BNW uses different
trait based skill pools.  Here's an idea to stop
players from abusing the system.  Have them cancel out
positive and negative quirks first.  Afterwards any
points gained can be added to any skill group and any
points lost can be spent for by any skill group (or
colleciton of groups).

> 4) Maybe there should be a FAQ for this list.  There
> doesn't seem to be any 
> indication of Web Sites, you have to ask to find the
> Accumulated Listings, 
> _and_ now there's a BNW character generator that I
> haven't heard of until 
> now.  Where might one find it...?

There is an archive site, bet ya didn't know that one
either.  It's address is at:
http://www.gamerz.net/archives/

-Munch Wolf
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