Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
Playing the Game
Talking the Talk
Gaming W/Jemal: Mutant Apocalypse (Recruitment always open)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Jemal" data-source="post: 5725064" data-attributes="member: 9026"><p>Motivation - I guess what I'm having trouble with is that Motivations should be (at least the way I view them) Fairly straightforward and easily describable.. usually with either a single word or sentence.. Revenge, Responsibility, Greed, Simple Desire to do good, Need for recognition, etc. It is something that drives them towards specific goals, something that helps to dictate their actions when things get tough.</p><p></p><p>Your motivation is great personality/background info, but seems too catchall for the 'driving force' behind a character. As you said, it's 'have your cake and eat it too', but that doesn't seem very fitting for a Character motivation.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Anyways, onto the other bits: </p><p></p><p>First up, you don't need the morph 'array'. I'd said before that so long as only one of them was powered (Hybrid I believe), and the cat/human were using the 'unpowered/partially powered' complication, that you would be fine with just a single rank of morph. </p><p>EDIT: Just noticed that your cat-form IS powered, so n/m.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Hybrid]</p><p>First up, If you need to shave some points, I'd suggest taking them out of Dexterity. I understand the fluff behind it - the cat-guy being real dextrous - but mechanically its just a point sink, you don't it for anything - You have no ranged attacks, and don't use the linked skills (Sleight of Hand/Vehicles).</p><p>Also Agility is the better fluff anyways, as Cats don't tend to use Hand-eye co-ordination for anything.</p><p></p><p>Defenses -</p><p>Since you picked Powerful as your trait, you are limited to trade-offs of 2, so your caps are 7-11. Your Dodge of 11 is maxed cap, but why did you leave Toughness lower(It could be 7), and why not max Parry to 11? It puts you at a rather severe combat disadvantage to not have your defenses at their PL cap. </p><p>Especially since Hybrid seems to be your 'combat' form.</p><p></p><p>Claw Attack +12 attack, Toughness DC 22.</p><p>Problem : You're 1 over your PL cap(7/11, like defenses), your attack bonus can't pass 11 if you have a rank 7 damage attack. Simple solution - Move a skill point out of close combat and into something else (I suggest Stealth, since it's not maxed anymore)</p><p></p><p>Senses: As I think I said before, Sight is already Acute, you don't need to pay more for that.. did you mean Smell?</p><p></p><p>Speed - You have a typo in speed that says Leaping 3(2). The total cost is right though, which is what makes me think its a typo.</p><p></p><p>Regen + Takedown have allready been adressed, so I'll just wait for the new revision.. We're getting there. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=cat]</p><p>Defenses: </p><p>I count 11 pp spent, not 8: Parry 2, Fort 3, Will 6.</p><p></p><p>Skills: </p><p>I count 26 pp spent, not 29 (amusingly that evens out the defense over-spending)</p><p>Acrobatics should only be 13 (2 ranks + 11 agi).</p><p></p><p>Powers: </p><p>Shrinking: </p><p>This isn't a mechanical note, more a fluff one - Shouldn't the cat's Shrink rank be higher? At rank 6, the cat would still be a rather large cat, roughly 2 feet tall - only slightly smaller than your 3' tall hybrid.</p><p>Senses: As with Hybrid, Sight is already Acute and you don't need to pay for it.</p><p></p><p>Claw Attack: I doubt you'll be using it in cat form, but the Cats claw should be dc 16, not 15 (You forgot to add the 1 for the single rank damage effect)</p><p></p><p>Other: Cat still has ~ 17 points left.</p><p>[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jemal, post: 5725064, member: 9026"] Motivation - I guess what I'm having trouble with is that Motivations should be (at least the way I view them) Fairly straightforward and easily describable.. usually with either a single word or sentence.. Revenge, Responsibility, Greed, Simple Desire to do good, Need for recognition, etc. It is something that drives them towards specific goals, something that helps to dictate their actions when things get tough. Your motivation is great personality/background info, but seems too catchall for the 'driving force' behind a character. As you said, it's 'have your cake and eat it too', but that doesn't seem very fitting for a Character motivation. Anyways, onto the other bits: First up, you don't need the morph 'array'. I'd said before that so long as only one of them was powered (Hybrid I believe), and the cat/human were using the 'unpowered/partially powered' complication, that you would be fine with just a single rank of morph. EDIT: Just noticed that your cat-form IS powered, so n/m. [sblock=Hybrid] First up, If you need to shave some points, I'd suggest taking them out of Dexterity. I understand the fluff behind it - the cat-guy being real dextrous - but mechanically its just a point sink, you don't it for anything - You have no ranged attacks, and don't use the linked skills (Sleight of Hand/Vehicles). Also Agility is the better fluff anyways, as Cats don't tend to use Hand-eye co-ordination for anything. Defenses - Since you picked Powerful as your trait, you are limited to trade-offs of 2, so your caps are 7-11. Your Dodge of 11 is maxed cap, but why did you leave Toughness lower(It could be 7), and why not max Parry to 11? It puts you at a rather severe combat disadvantage to not have your defenses at their PL cap. Especially since Hybrid seems to be your 'combat' form. Claw Attack +12 attack, Toughness DC 22. Problem : You're 1 over your PL cap(7/11, like defenses), your attack bonus can't pass 11 if you have a rank 7 damage attack. Simple solution - Move a skill point out of close combat and into something else (I suggest Stealth, since it's not maxed anymore) Senses: As I think I said before, Sight is already Acute, you don't need to pay more for that.. did you mean Smell? Speed - You have a typo in speed that says Leaping 3(2). The total cost is right though, which is what makes me think its a typo. Regen + Takedown have allready been adressed, so I'll just wait for the new revision.. We're getting there. ;) [/sblock] [sblock=cat] Defenses: I count 11 pp spent, not 8: Parry 2, Fort 3, Will 6. Skills: I count 26 pp spent, not 29 (amusingly that evens out the defense over-spending) Acrobatics should only be 13 (2 ranks + 11 agi). Powers: Shrinking: This isn't a mechanical note, more a fluff one - Shouldn't the cat's Shrink rank be higher? At rank 6, the cat would still be a rather large cat, roughly 2 feet tall - only slightly smaller than your 3' tall hybrid. Senses: As with Hybrid, Sight is already Acute and you don't need to pay for it. Claw Attack: I doubt you'll be using it in cat form, but the Cats claw should be dc 16, not 15 (You forgot to add the 1 for the single rank damage effect) Other: Cat still has ~ 17 points left. [/sblock] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
Playing the Game
Talking the Talk
Gaming W/Jemal: Mutant Apocalypse (Recruitment always open)
Top