Re: [DL] HELP - Hindrances & Edges

[Bryce Perry <sandchigger@yahoo.com>]

Okay I see the confusion.  You begin the game with aptitude points
equal to your die types in Smarts, Cognition, and Knowledge (for this
example we'll say a d10, a d6, and a d8 for a total of 24 points to
allocate to your aptitudes and ONLY your aptitudes, you cannot buy
Edges with these points).  Then in the next step of character creation,
you can choose your Hindrances (let's say you take Bad Eyes at the
highest severity giving you five points).  You can now spend these
points taken from your hindrances on EITHER more aptitudes OR Edges. 
These are the ONLY points you can spend on Edges (So you take the
Mechanically Inclined edge for 1 point, Arcane Background: Mad
Scientist for 3 points, and put your remaining point into Shootin:
Automatics).  Help any?

-Bryce "relurking" Perry

--- Marshal Brock <marshal_brock@canada.com> wrote:
> >>hinderences give you extra points to buy edges and/or aptitudes.
> 
> >the play has points to buy apititudes = to:
> >the die types of knowledge, smarts and cofnition. [page 38 of the
> >players book] so if you have 2d8 knowledge, 3d6 smarts, and 1d12 in
> >cognition. you have 26 points to spend on aptittudes.. you ignore
> the >number of dice, like the 2 in 2d8, but add up the die type, d8 +
> d6 + >d12 = 26.
> 
> Bruce,
> I get that part. Cognition, Smarts and Knowledge are all added up to
> give you a certain number to buy Aptitudes. But that's NOT what I
> asked.
> 
> please reread my question, I quoated just what the book said.
> "Hinderences give you EXTRA points to buy edges and/or aptitudes."
> 
> I STILL don't understand or know (PAGE # PLEASE) how many Edge points
> one starts off with, or how Hindrance points can buy EXTRA edges or
> EXTRA aptitudes.
> 
> ~Marshal Brock~
> BANG ... You're dead.
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