 500 point games...good or bad? |
 Jan 3 2007, 07:15 AM
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I'm starting a game this Friday and was wondering what others thought about having players use 500bp instead of 400
We also will be using the variant rules of 4+ and exploding 6s(sorry long time Earthdawn player and this way feels more comfortable to me) |
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Begisle 500 point games...good or bad? Jan 3 2007, 07:15 AM
Charon For a standard campaign that will last 20+ session... Jan 3 2007, 07:18 AM Glyph 500 build points is high-powered campaign level. ... Jan 3 2007, 07:34 AM Grinder QUOTE (Glyph) So as far as good or bad, I give a q... Jan 3 2007, 10:54 AM TBRMInsanity A 500 point game is ok. But tailor your missions ... Jan 3 2007, 01:48 PM Wakshaani *Waves the 320 pt flag*
C'mon down to Rookie ... Jan 3 2007, 01:51 PM ChicagosFinest What do you have to work for or look forward to? Jan 3 2007, 02:57 PM Kyoto Kid ...In SR3 we used the high powered rules from MrJ... Jan 3 2007, 03:55 PM Ophis QUOTE (ChicagosFinest) What do you have to work fo... Jan 3 2007, 05:48 PM deek I run a campaign bi-weekly, 4-5 hour sessions. We... Jan 3 2007, 06:07 PM ElFenrir Well, i got used to the 400 BPs, works well. Im su... Jan 3 2007, 06:08 PM Red It is much more difficult, and much more expensive... Jan 3 2007, 11:49 PM OneTrikPony It looks to me like the generation caps that are i... Jan 4 2007, 01:15 AM fistandantilus3.0 QUOTE (OneTrikPony) I'm playing my first SR4 c... Jan 4 2007, 01:26 AM OneTrikPony AH HA! I didn't know everyone had edge. I ... Jan 4 2007, 01:40 AM fistandantilus3.0 Oh, did I forget to mention that one house rule?
... Jan 4 2007, 01:48 AM OneTrikPony MMMM Chunky Aztechnology Trooper Salsa is my favor... Jan 4 2007, 02:08 AM fistandantilus3.0 QUOTE (OneTrikPony) Viola! Who brought the chi... Jan 4 2007, 02:11 AM ElFenrir QUOTE It is much more difficult, and much more exp... Jan 4 2007, 02:50 PM ornot The question I'd be asking as a GM, is where t... Jan 4 2007, 03:13 PM Banaticus Some of you are acting like this is a new thing fo... Jan 4 2007, 03:46 PM ElFenrir Oh, i personally loved BeCKS. I showed it to some ... Jan 4 2007, 03:53 PM OneTrikPony QUOTE There just seems to be something with the ch... Jan 4 2007, 04:35 PM Brahm QUOTE (OneTrikPony @ Jan 3 2007, 08:40 PM) AH... Jan 4 2007, 04:39 PM sunnyside I really don't see why 500 BP would be a probl... Jan 4 2007, 04:47 PM ElFenrir QUOTE My approach with a low BP character would be... Jan 4 2007, 05:50 PM OneTrikPony QUOTE I find generalists tend to fit best in small... Jan 5 2007, 01:40 AM Begisle QUOTE (sunnyside) I'm more worried about the 4... Jan 5 2007, 06:35 AM eidolon Got rid of the wonky error posts. No worries. If... Jan 5 2007, 02:27 PM Mistwalker My current group used 500 BP for chargen, with 250... Jan 10 2007, 05:28 PM Kyoto Kid ...I envy your group. I wish my group did more ba... Jan 10 2007, 05:33 PM Mistwalker It was kind of funny.
Everyone forgot /decided not... Jan 10 2007, 05:41 PM Butterblume That's the way it worked out with us, too. Ins... Jan 10 2007, 05:46 PM ornot I've noticed that too... The number of charact... Jan 10 2007, 06:20 PM TheOneRonin Not enough to build convincing commandos? 500BP i... Jan 10 2007, 07:45 PM Ophis 450 Bp plus some free points for charisma seems to... Jan 10 2007, 08:49 PM Kyoto Kid ...While I would consider allowing characters to a... Jan 11 2007, 01:46 AM Thane36425 I was digging through the boxes with some of my ol... Jan 11 2007, 05:06 AM Grinder QUOTE (Ophis) 450 Bp plus some free points for cha... Jan 11 2007, 11:02 AM ElFenrir Well, as it stands, 400pt chars are playable. Some... Jan 11 2007, 12:36 PM Thane36425 QUOTE (ElFenrir) Well, as it stands, 400pt chars a... Jan 11 2007, 03:34 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Thane36425) Building a character at that le... Jan 11 2007, 04:33 PM TheOneRonin KK, you make some valid points. However, I feel t... Jan 11 2007, 08:19 PM TheOneRonin To me, where the BP system of SR4 suffers the most... Jan 11 2007, 08:35 PM Kyoto Kid ...ahh, sound like some kind of a 'Package De... Jan 11 2007, 08:43 PM TheOneRonin You know, I've done a LOT of thinking about ... Jan 11 2007, 09:03 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (TheOneRonin)SR4 characters don't change... Jan 11 2007, 09:11 PM ElFenrir Im really leaning toward BeCKS SR4 style. BeCKS re... Jan 11 2007, 10:16 PM Jaid serbitar has a version of a BeCKS type chargen sys... Jan 11 2007, 10:41 PM Fortune Frank Trollman has an interesting chargen rules se... Jan 11 2007, 11:28 PM Mistwalker QUOTE (TheOneRonin) You know, I've done a LOT ... Jan 12 2007, 02:56 AM Lantzer On the perceived lack of need for generalized char... Jan 12 2007, 05:32 PM ElFenrir Well, i have Vil, my weapons specialist. Has reall... Jan 12 2007, 08:01 PM Kyoto Kid ...VIolet is also our team's Technician, EW Se... Jan 12 2007, 09:33 PM DragonWolf Hello all, I'm one of the players in Begisle g... Jan 13 2007, 02:18 AM Jaid everything is min/maxing to some extent. how much ... Jan 13 2007, 03:58 AM ElFenrir As for min-maxing, of course there is some, but as... Jan 13 2007, 01:00 PM ornot I loathe loathe loathe the incompetence quality. I... Jan 13 2007, 02:57 PM ElFenrir Unless the character actually takes an incompetenc... Jan 13 2007, 04:50 PM Kyoto Kid ..my big peeve is still Sensitive System for awake... Jan 14 2007, 07:47 PM Konsaki I personally stay away from all the negative quali... Jan 14 2007, 07:56 PM Butterblume With 500 points it's easier to stay away from ... Jan 14 2007, 08:28 PM ElFenrir QUOTE ..my big peeve is still Sensitive System fo... Jan 14 2007, 08:33 PM Kyoto Kid ...the only thing is, none of the awakened charact... Jan 14 2007, 09:30 PM Fortune QUOTE (Butterblume) ... incompetence: electronics ... Jan 14 2007, 09:58 PM Fortune QUOTE (Kyoto Kid) ...the only thing is, none of th... Jan 14 2007, 10:02 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Fortune)QUOTE (Kyoto Kid @ Jan 15 2007... Jan 14 2007, 10:38 PM Grinder QUOTE (Kyoto Kid @ Jan 14 2007, 11:38 PM) ...... Jan 14 2007, 11:28 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Grinder) QUOTE (Kyoto Kid @ Jan 14 200... Jan 14 2007, 11:42 PM Jack Kain Lets face it the book teaches you to take negative... Jan 15 2007, 12:10 AM Kyoto Kid ...nah, a bad quality (flaw) should always have so... Jan 15 2007, 12:32 AM Mistwalker There will always be Min/Maxers. You deal with the... Jan 15 2007, 02:35 AM James McMurray That's one thing I really like in nWoD: the ne... Jan 15 2007, 02:39 AM ElFenrir Ahh, the only problem with that is you have to kno... Jan 15 2007, 02:55 AM Jaid yeah, it's worth noting that flaws which are b... Jan 15 2007, 05:33 AM Mistwalker I have a player that can play uncouth really well
... Jan 15 2007, 05:34 AM Jaid QUOTE (Mistwalker) I have a player that can play u... Jan 15 2007, 06:07 AM Mistwalker I am not sure where you are getting your definitio... Jan 15 2007, 06:45 AM Glyph I think you are assuming too much. They still get... Jan 15 2007, 06:54 AM toturi And here is the problem with Social skill checks. ... Jan 15 2007, 06:58 AM hyzmarca The uncouth flaw is worthless for due to the fact ... Jan 15 2007, 07:12 AM Mistwalker I think there may be a difference of interpretatio... Jan 15 2007, 07:39 AM Jaid QUOTE (Mistwalker) I am not sure where you are get... Jan 15 2007, 05:00 PM Konsaki You might as well take Incomp: for all the social ... Jan 15 2007, 05:07 PM Mistwalker Jaid,
Please read my post that is above yours, w... Jan 15 2007, 05:24 PM Jaid QUOTE (Mistwalker) Jaid,
Please read my post tha... Jan 15 2007, 05:34 PM Konsaki Someone with Uncouth can't figure out when and... Jan 15 2007, 05:42 PM Mistwalker OK
I will give this one another shot.
You do no... Jan 15 2007, 06:12 PM Konsaki So you have him try and do an intimidate test to c... Jan 15 2007, 06:15 PM Mistwalker The Uncouth Elf wasn't trying to intimidate th... Jan 15 2007, 07:12 PM Glyph QUOTE (Konsaki)You might as well take Incomp: for ... Jan 15 2007, 08:04 PM Jaid QUOTE (Mistwalker) OK
I will give this one anothe... Jan 16 2007, 04:03 AM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Jaid)yeah, it's worth noting that flaws... Jan 16 2007, 06:54 PM
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