| From: | Michael Orion Jackson <moj0001@****.ACS.UNT.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Yet another go-around w/chargen |
| Date: | Thu, 15 Jun 1995 10:10:20 -0500 |
character gen table/system for SRII. I am disssatified with the present
one in that it: a) assumes that noone would want to different areas at
the same level, b)theoretically allows everyone to have anything from any
sourcebook. I got some of my ideas on how to fix these irritations while
looking at Mechwarrior 2ed, and some I borrowed/synthesized from earlier
posts on this subject.
1. The letter priorities become number priorities.
a -->4
b -->3
c -->2
d -->1
e -->0
2. All beggining characters get 10 points to distribute among the
various areas as they see fit.
3. Metahumanity is available at priority 3 (GM's choice as to
what you end up as (Muhahahaha)), and at priority 4 (You pick).
4. Magical status:
4:full magician
3:human adept/metahuman magician
2:metahuman adept
1:mundane
0:mundane
5. Resources and Magicians: You can trade off one level of
monetary resources to get an additional level of magical resources (i.e.
force points), or vice versa. For example, if you were a mage w/
resources of 1 you could go to resources of 0 for a raise to resources 2
for force point purposes.
6. Techlevel Priority: A new column is added to the table, that
of "techlevel." Techlevel measures the technological sophistication of
that character's starting gear(i.e. what sourcebooks they have access to).
Techlevel Sourcebooks/equipment allowed
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4 Alpha-grade cyberware (SSC)
3 Fields of Fire (Available at lvl.2 for mercs)
2 Shadowtech
1 StreetSammurai Catalog
0 Basic rulebook, not inc. appendicies
Note:For the purposes of FoF, a "merc" is a character with a
Military Theory skill or concentration greater than or equal to three.
If all else fails, use discretion. A streetsam and a merc are similar,
it's roleplaying that sets them appart (and the fact that not many street
sams would ever be in a position to learn Military Theory).
Note2:Beggining characters recieve a number of free levels in
Techlevel equal to one-half of their Resource Priority, rounded down.
Note3:As commonsense would dictate, a character gains access to
all books/equiment at and below his techlevel priority.
Note4:When buying equipment within your techlevel range, no
availability checks or surgery costs are neccessary. Cost=listed price
w/out street index mods. The only exceptions to this rule are items with
availibity TNs >8, which the character must roll for and pay street index
for. Surgery costs are still waived, however.
Note5:Beggining characters may try to get equipment one bracket
higher than their techlevel. They must roll availability checks for all
attempted items, all TNs for availability are at +4, and street index is
doubled.
Note6:The second half of the weapon section in SSC (the one with
weapons like the Colt M22a2 and the Vindicator Minigun) is considered to
be on par with FoF for purposes of priority level and availability.
Otherwise, a Colt M22a2 would be easier for players to get than a Colt
M23(FoF assault rifle, basically a stripped down M22a2), which makes
absolutely no sense.
Feel free to critique this, because continued feedback will help refine it.
Peace.
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|Michael Orion Jackson |"A college student is a mechanism for |
|moj0001@****.acs.unt.edu |converting caffeine into finished |
|>Flaming is immature.< |homework" -unknown, but perceptive author.|
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