 Combining karma and BP systems, Giving players a choice |
 May 2 2009, 07:19 AM
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Has anyone ever allowed players the choice of building their characters with Karma or BPs?
If a character starts building with Karma (via Runner's Companion), they will continue to advance with Karma. If they start with BPs, I'd like to advance them with BPs too (something similar to FrankTrollman's system, probably). So half the group might get 10 Karma, while the other half gets 5 BPs for a completed mission. Is this a recipe for disaster, or do-able? I have read that 750 karma vs 400 BP heavily favors karma-build, so I may tweak the starting numbers. My reasoning is mainly this: I prefer karma characters, because they're more "organic" and and less uber-specialized, but I recognize that it's easier for new players to use BP, and most of my players will probably be new. I guess if someone knows SR4, I want them to karma-build. Do you think it's better if I just force everyone to learn karma-build, or is providing a choice going to be worth the headaches? |
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Veggiesama Combining karma and BP systems May 2 2009, 07:19 AM
Glyph I think it's easy enough to do a simple table ... May 2 2009, 08:13 AM ElFenrir I think 750 Karma is a little more in the 475-500 ... May 2 2009, 08:17 AM Muspellsheimr It might be possible to balance, as you intend to ... May 2 2009, 08:28 AM Veggiesama Thanks for the suggestions. I think I will restric... May 2 2009, 11:08 AM InfinityzeN For Metatype, they cost 0 Karma to play. Double t... May 2 2009, 03:11 PM Glyph It has also been pretty explicitly said, by people... May 2 2009, 03:25 PM ElFenrir I'd be careful of shifter costs, though. IMHO,... May 2 2009, 03:54 PM Veggiesama I have read that Humans are "penalized" ... May 3 2009, 08:15 AM
Muspellsheimr QUOTE (Veggiesama @ May 3 2009, 02:15 AM)... May 3 2009, 08:55 AM
Doc Byte QUOTE (Veggiesama @ May 3 2009, 10:15 AM)... May 3 2009, 12:39 PM HappyDaze QUOTE Has anyone tried to "fix" this?
Ju... May 3 2009, 08:28 AM ElFenrir Though I've found, under the new system, 750 K... May 3 2009, 11:02 AM Glyph Metatypes get their base cost for "free... May 3 2009, 01:11 PM ElFenrir Truth is, no system is perfect.
These adjustments... May 3 2009, 02:37 PM Muspellsheimr QUOTE (ElFenrir @ May 3 2009, 04:02 AM) T... May 3 2009, 07:12 PM Glyph Actually, that's one of the biggest problems I... May 3 2009, 11:33 PM ElFenrir I can feel you there. I actually wanted to play a ... May 4 2009, 12:02 AM Falconer Quite frankly... I would not use both. As you... May 4 2009, 01:26 AM  |
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