Steven Barker
First Post
In closely reading the preview of 1.2 update to OLD, I noticed something I first thought was an error in the Careers and Exploits sections of the rules. But after checking it against other books, it may be that I've just been playing the game wrong ever since I started. But I want to ask to make sure.
My question is, can you freely choose take a universal exploit instead of a career exploit when you gain a grade, before you've taken all the exploits offered by that career?
For example, if my character has three grades of the Bounty Hunter career (from NEW), he can definitely take a universal exploit for the third grade (since Bounty Hunter only has two career exploit options). But if he was only really interested in one of the career exploits, could he skip the other and take a universal exploit for the second grade? (Or, you know, not take any career exploits, just three universal exploits?)
The rules seem to say that you can only take a universal exploit when you've taken all the career exploits already (you can also buy them independently with XP). But that seems hugely limiting to some character progression paths that are very universal-exploit heavy (like Androids that want lots of upgrades, or any Psionic character that wants to use the exploits from the Psionics chapter instead of the ones offered by the psionic careers).
I'm also curious how this rule interacts with repeatable career exploits, like the Signing Bonus exploit that the NEW Athlete career can take any number of times.
My question is, can you freely choose take a universal exploit instead of a career exploit when you gain a grade, before you've taken all the exploits offered by that career?
For example, if my character has three grades of the Bounty Hunter career (from NEW), he can definitely take a universal exploit for the third grade (since Bounty Hunter only has two career exploit options). But if he was only really interested in one of the career exploits, could he skip the other and take a universal exploit for the second grade? (Or, you know, not take any career exploits, just three universal exploits?)
The rules seem to say that you can only take a universal exploit when you've taken all the career exploits already (you can also buy them independently with XP). But that seems hugely limiting to some character progression paths that are very universal-exploit heavy (like Androids that want lots of upgrades, or any Psionic character that wants to use the exploits from the Psionics chapter instead of the ones offered by the psionic careers).
I'm also curious how this rule interacts with repeatable career exploits, like the Signing Bonus exploit that the NEW Athlete career can take any number of times.
