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As the title states: I got bored at work. Really bored. So I figured I should do some comparing of all the major creation systems.
All characters were created equally. Made first using Priority, then recreated using BeCKS2 and Build Point. Four were made. A Troll combat-guy, a full mage Human, a Dwarf Physical Adept, and an Elvish Conjuring Adept. The only things that were spread out were Attributes and Skills, just for argument's sake and making it so none of them had to spend extra points to go over the linked attribute. The format will be as follows: Name: <insert> Priorities: A/B/C/D/E Attributes: Bod/Qui/Str/Cha/Int/Wil Skills: <Name: Rating>/<Name: Rating>/etc... BeCKS2 Cost: BP Cost: Troll Combat-guy Resources/Attributes/Race/Skills/Magic 11 (12)/5/10/1/1/3 Pistols: 5/SMGs: 5/Shotguns: 5/Unarmed Combat: 5/Clubs: 5/Pole Arms & Staffs: 5 494 Karma (+69) 124 BP (+1) Human Mage Magic/Attributes/Resources/Skills/Race 3/4/2/6/6/6 Sorcery: 6/Conjuring: 6/Astral Combat: 6/Centering: 6/Enchanting: 6 445 Karma (+20) 124 BP (+1) Dwarf Physical Adept Attributes/Magic/Skills/Race/Resources 6/6/6/4/6/6 Unarmed Combat: 6/Stealth: 6/Athletics: 6/Small Unit Tactics: 6/Centering: 6/Leadership: 4 500 Karma (+75) 124 BP (+1) Elf Conjuring Adept Resources/Magic/Race/Attributes/Skills 1/2/1/8/6/6 Conjuring: 6/Enchanting: 6/Astral Combat: 6/Ettiquette (Magical): 5 (7)/Centering: 3 453 Karma (+28) 134 BP (+11) This is if all my calculations are correct, and I believe they are (They could be wrong. It is 2:30 AM, after all). Take what you will from it. BeCKS2 tends to make less powerful characters, while BP usually makes about even characters with Priority. This is out of the four stereotypical random characters I threw together, however. |
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Tanka Creation System Comparisons Dec 11 2003, 07:45 AM
Herald of Verjigorm Because BeCKS systems use the canon karma costs as... Dec 11 2003, 07:52 AM
TinkerGnome The "trick" to BeCKs is to specialize sk... Dec 11 2003, 12:41 PM
Shockwave_IIc I noticed that myself Tinkergnome the frist time i... Dec 11 2003, 10:26 PM
Tanka Exactly. What happens when the GM throws a spirit... Dec 11 2003, 10:28 PM
Ancient History I like the priority system. I'm old-fashioned... Dec 11 2003, 10:32 PM
Tanka I do too, usually.
It can be a whore when you jus... Dec 11 2003, 10:35 PM
Shockwave_IIc My personal choice is Bp's.
People say it scr... Dec 11 2003, 10:42 PM
gknoy QUOTE (tanka) I won't even go into Sum-to-10. ... Dec 11 2003, 10:52 PM
Doctor Funkenstein QUOTE (tanka) I won't even go into Sum-to-10. ... Dec 11 2003, 11:13 PM
Tanka QUOTE (Doctor Funkenstein) QUOTE (tanka @ Dec... Dec 11 2003, 11:34 PM
Siege Give it a shot tank -- nobody else has managed it ... Dec 11 2003, 11:36 PM
Shinobi Killfist QUOTE (Doctor Funkenstein) QUOTE (tanka @ Dec... Dec 11 2003, 11:50 PM
Tanka *cough*
He was being sarcastic, methinks. Dec 11 2003, 11:52 PM
Siege QUOTE (tanka) *cough*
He was being sarcastic, met... Dec 11 2003, 11:58 PM
Tanka QUOTE (Siege) QUOTE (tanka @ Dec 11 2003, 11:... Dec 12 2003, 12:03 AM
Shinobi Killfist actually I was, I guess I suck at typed sarcasm. ... Dec 12 2003, 12:08 AM
Fahr I think that Becks adresses an issue that is prese... Dec 12 2003, 04:29 PM
Kagetenshi BeCKS in my experience ends up with too many mid-l... Dec 12 2003, 04:38 PM
Zeittotschlager In response to Fahr about characters with most lev... Dec 12 2003, 05:38 PM
Solidcobra Personally i like Points best, i've never used... Dec 12 2003, 05:59 PM
Rev The problem with low skills (1-2) is that in shado... Dec 12 2003, 07:21 PM
last_of_the_great_mikeys I disagree about sum to 10 being flawed, but, for ... Dec 12 2003, 07:41 PM
Doctor Funkenstein The funny thing is that they're saying the Sum... Dec 12 2003, 08:14 PM
TinkerGnome I'd argue the point in reverse. The priority ... Dec 12 2003, 08:41 PM
kevyn668 @ Rev: I've seen it too!! But I couldn... Dec 12 2003, 09:50 PM
gknoy QUOTE (Zeittotschlager) If, however, there was a c... Dec 16 2003, 02:00 AM
Tanka One of my friends plays an Adept that uses a towel... Dec 16 2003, 02:02 AM
Shockwave_IIc QUOTE (Rev) Sadly I cannot remember who made this ... Dec 16 2003, 11:40 AM![]() ![]() |
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