Re: [DL] Buying Concentrations

[JartDL@netscape.net]

"David L. Hoff" <dlhoff1@charter.net> wrote:

>Knight of the Wolf wrote:
>
>> At character creation, when you buy one skill with a concentration, 
>> example: Shootin: Pistol, do you always have to buy other 
>> concentrations at 3 bounty points or could you buy the other 
>> concentration as a new skill?
>>  
>> Here's my full example: One of my players has a character with 
>> shootin: pistol at 3, but he doesn't have the points to purchase 
>> shootin: rifle at the 3 points for a new concentration. Could he just 
>> buy Shootin: Rifle 1 and develop it seperately from Shootin: Pistol?
>>  
>> Marshal Wolf
>
>Greetings--
>
>I suppose you could do it that way... but I am confused as to why you 
>would want to do that. You are going to end up with a character who is a 
>good shot with a pistol, but really, really sucks with a rifle, and you 
>had to spend a point to do it. Why not just buy the Shootin: pistol, 
>don't buy any Shootin: rifle skill, and just default off of your 
>Shootin: pistol when using the rifle? You suffer a -4 penalty, which 
>means you are going to still suck with the rifle, but at least by doing 
>it that way, sucking with the rifle is free. :-) Also, when the 
>character does get 3 bounty points available, he can "spend some time 
>practicing", and buy the Shootin: rifle concentration at that time.

I can't understand why people buy concentrations at character creation.  Three character creation points are a hell of a lot more valuable than three bounty points, aren't they?  Just wait until after the first or second adventure to do your concentrating.

Of course, that's assuming you live long enough to earn three bounty points...

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