Mithreander
Explorer
Hello reapersaurus! Thank you for not bringing up the odvious issues with the exstreme character creation rules in my two games. I figured that you would not approve, and I can appreciate that. SOme time, I'll have to start another campaign for those of us that have a more ballanced wish. Thank you for your interest, however. Please read the IC thread as well, and if you wish to share any imput for those, then please feel free to.
Now to your question, though I may not be able to answer it to your (or my) satisfaction:
Well, as it turned out, I do not have to worry about that since no one took me up on my offer. Yes, at first, they may seem overpowered: but then again, I wanted to leave to possibility open for those that wanted to start an ECL character form the beginning of his history. Yes, I've played PbP games in the past, and yes it does take a while to advance, but I thought that I would go more for fun then ballance, and worry about the possible problems that might come up later (like I have in the past).
Most ECL characters have almost equal issues with appearence, reputation, ect that make up for their extra abilities, and I tend to play those weaknesses/stigmas to their fullest. It offers a great amount of roleplaying opertunities, and I did not want these players to miss the opertunity to play through those just because this campaign starts at first level.
I have also found that some DM's down play the social aspects of those characters, and I wanted to show the palayers what I would do with those types of characters.
Cheers!
Now to your question, though I may not be able to answer it to your (or my) satisfaction:
Well, as it turned out, I do not have to worry about that since no one took me up on my offer. Yes, at first, they may seem overpowered: but then again, I wanted to leave to possibility open for those that wanted to start an ECL character form the beginning of his history. Yes, I've played PbP games in the past, and yes it does take a while to advance, but I thought that I would go more for fun then ballance, and worry about the possible problems that might come up later (like I have in the past).
Most ECL characters have almost equal issues with appearence, reputation, ect that make up for their extra abilities, and I tend to play those weaknesses/stigmas to their fullest. It offers a great amount of roleplaying opertunities, and I did not want these players to miss the opertunity to play through those just because this campaign starts at first level.
I have also found that some DM's down play the social aspects of those characters, and I wanted to show the palayers what I would do with those types of characters.
Cheers!
