Questions about Karma Only Char Gen Options

[Ravor]

I seem to remember reading awhile back that some people were moving towards getting rid of BPs in general and building characters solely with Karma.

Anyways, I was wondering how it worked out and what levels of Karma seemed roughly balanced with 400-500 BPs...

Thanks..

[6thDragon]

There were a variety of these for SR3 and I used them enthusiastically, but many players (especially new players) found it too complicated and confusing. I haven't seen any yet for SR4, but I'll certainly check up on this thread.

[FrankTrollman]

There is a reasonably functional set of house rules which include Karma-based character generation done up by Serbitar. Links to his rules are in his signature.

Personally, I don't use them, opting instead to hand out Karma that are the equal of build-points. You get the same advantage of removing "breakpoints" where chaarcters can min/max themselves into being superior over the long haul and the math is admittedly a lot easier.

The imbalance of using Build Points and Karma Costs in the same game is pretty intense over long games, so doing one or the other seems like a no-brainer.

-Frank

[Jaid]

in point of fact, most of the stuff in SR4 really already has karma costs to it. you only really have to decide for race, contacts, and resources, as i recall, and then decide how much karma you want to hand out.

[Thanee]