From: Auberon [fskln1@uaf.edu]
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 1998 7:57 PM
To: BP list
Subject: [BLUE PLANET] - Notes on character creation

Okay, having been through character generation a couple of times
recently, I've got a couple of questions, mostly illustrated by this
table (yes, I was this bored.  But Excel did all the real work.)  Gotta
look at it with a monowidth font, tho.

Format:

           Origin        Background        Total
Stat    add/subtract    add/subtract    add/subtract

Awareness     4/1     4/3     8/4
Charisma      1/5     2/6     3/11
Education     4/5     2/6     6/11
Experience    3/2    10/1    13/3
Initiative    1/1     1/1     2/2
Intellect     1/0     0/6     1/6
Will          0/1     7/3     7/4
Agility       2/0     0/0     2/0
Appearance    1/1     2/1     3/2
Constitution  3/1     1/2     4/3
Dexterity     0/1     0/0     0/1
Endurance     4/4     1/1     5/5
Speed         0/0     0/0     0/0
Strength      0/1     0/0     0/1

Specificly, how exactly is one to create a character that's charismatic,
educated, or (particularly) intellectual?  Admittedly, it's possible,
but not very likely.  Also, stats are (justifiably) difficult to raise
with ChIPs.

I guess my questions are: Was this intentional?  What's a recommended fix?

If it's intentional, I guess my response would have to be, "Well, okay."

The fix I've been using to date is to allow players to use the ChIPs
they get from character generation to buy skills at 1:1, and stats at
10:1.  Always subject, of course, to GM approval

This means a lot of things, mostly that characters get hobbies.  As it
is, a technician could never have, for instance, a passion for still
holography or strategy, unless they'd gotten some points from origin or
background.  The same technician couldn't really ever have a hobby, and
enough skill to be considered an engineer.  (Yes, a player in my game
just created a Technician, which is what brought this to the fore, along
with the logistics involved in another character concept I had, a 'fin
Teacher/part time Shaman.)

ANYWAY, enough rambling and whining.  Just noticed this and thought I'd
bring it up for the list to overanalyze.  Let the games begin.

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"I never get involved in my own life. It's too much trouble"
				- Michael Garibaldi (Babylon 5)

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