Power Packages & Cost (Re: [BNW] The Hacker)

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

>Also, and I realize this is being nitpicky, but . . .
>
>Can it truly be called a 'Power Package' if it's just a skill bonus that 
>can
>be achieved by a normal?  Yes, a +10 is unnaturally high but ANY other
>character - Delta or reg - could get the same bonus with XP.  It would only
>take 55.  And, what does that mean?  For 55 XP, players can buy a second
>Power Package.  Granted, it's arguing semantics, but I've already had it
>pointed out by two of my players.  (They wanted the Tough and Flyer
>packages, though, not the Hacker).

Well, BNW calls such skill-boosting stuff "Power Packages", whether you're a 
Gunner, a Genius, a Sneak (heh), or whatever.

I'm not sure I understand - I wasn't aware you could "buy" Power Packages 
through any means (at least, until Crossroads comes out).  Most of the 
packages include Tricks and stuff that (supposedly) make the Package more 
"super-powered," or includes little benefits that you can't get simply by 
buying skills (i.e., the Gunner gets +5 initiative, the Sneak gets 
night-vision).

(Of course, anybody can buy a pair of night-goggles, too, but that's another 
story...)

So you could spend 55 points to buy enough of a skill to make a psuedo-Power 
Package (which is what I think you meant).  However, that wouldn't give you 
the Tricks and various other non-purchaseable benefits.

The problem, IMO, is still Sneak.  A) It is only +5, not +10, B) Anyone can 
buy night-vision goggles, and C) It has a quirk.

Nonetheless, the idea of a skill-boosting power package is what Matt Forbeck 
uses for the game.  You'd probably have to take that up with him as far as 
whether they are an accurate representation of low-level Delta-type powers 
or not, as he intended.

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Steve Crow

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