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Jean and I are still talking about that and how to fit things in the MGT mechanics..kehrer1701 wrote:Ch2. Character Creation
Events During Pre-Career Education
*In regards to PSI, I'm wondering how wide spread this would be. Maybe if Vulan or 1/2 Vulan Heritage.
excellent idea, though that would probably mean being banned from any career tied to a Federation academy.Events during Academy
*How about something caught cheating
All this is being done in Word just to get it out, final formatting will be in a professional DTP program, I'll keep this in mind.kehrer1701 wrote:Side Note:
Formatting, I'm wondering if we switch to more bullet points instead of everything together under each step (just for the visual appearance).
- I changed the paragraph heading to "Character Points".Step 1: Starting Characteristics:
Since we use the word above section "Starting Points," I'm thinking removed "Starting" from title of Step 1: Characteristics just to match flow of other steps and avoid using "starting" again.
- The term 'Traveller' is specific to characters in The Third Imperium/Charted Space. PD has always said 'character' and some campaigns will have their characters remaining in one of the Federation careers. We've made that much easier to do with the point buy system (which is why I always planned to include it).Step 2: Buy Characteristics
"The Character's characteristics.." Wondering if we change that to "The Traveler's characteristics..." and swap "Character" for "Traveler" when used in this entire section? Just a side comment.
Either way we do it will seem off-putting to someone, so the terms and methods follow how MGT Companion presented it."The Cost to Buy Table...." section feels like it needs more clarification. Specifically, "..indicates the cost to buy a characteristic value outright rather than calculating each increase."
Personally I can't remember playing any system where racial modifiers were applied before generating/buying starting characteristics. . I think it was a mistake on MGP's part flying in the face of convention here.Step 3: Racial Modifiers:
Should step 2 and 3 be reversed? Shouldn't racial modifiers be applied BEFORE buying characteristics? Or is this swapped to better get the feel of PD?
fixed.Step 5: Select Skills
"the cost of obtaining a skill based on its new level." feels like it's missing part of the sentence?
- Step 2 says "buy characteristics ", so per ADB's Director of RPGS 'bought' is grammatically correct (can't fight the editor, she uses Grammerly!). *grin*Step 6: Select Rank...
still like "purchased" rather than "bought"
"Benefit Item permits the Character" is this missing a word?
Yep, in Prime Directive cash is kingDoes Star Fleet use cash? Or is this referring to non Star Fleet/Fed?
It's from the Companion. if a player wishes to quickly make a character under the point buy system this gives them good place to start with fewer decisions to make (and less math to do).What is "Very Quick Point Buy" ?
Feel free to make up some suggested example characters. These will need to have their backgrounds short but kind of explain who they are (as reflected by their careers, skills, etc.) We will consider everything submitted as potential NPC's.All in all, love the point buy system. Maybe we could include a couple of bridge officers as examples?
Next step is just that for us.