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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DarkKestral" data-source="post: 3752169" data-attributes="member: 40100">I know 32 pt. buy is the standard for at least one WotC d20 game. (d20 modern. Even NPCs get 25 pt. in that game, so yeah.. ) I don't know if it is for Saga, but point buy in general appears to be used a lot. (I believe all of the WotC-ran Living Campaigns use Point Buy, and it IS a standard DMG option in 3.0 and 3.5 and used fairly heavily in PBeM/PbPs where player rolling is a concern for DMs.) Officially, the standard point buy is 25 points, but very few people actually play that. Most prefer 28 or 32, with a larger number tending to 32.I also think the style I mentioned earlier is a useful technique for dealing with heroic NPCs. heroic NPCs may still have NPC class levels. So if you need to adjust the 'feel' you simply exchange NPC classes for PC classes. The 'better' the opponent, the larger the percentage of PC class levels they have and the higher their stats will be. Your town guardsmen may be mostly 3rd levels, with a few select veterans as 4th levels, and only one or two are full PC-class types. Likewise, if you have SWSE type bonus hp at first level, 'heroic' NPCs get heroic HP bonuses. Middling heroic get an extra die, as opposed to a full 2 dice. Non-heroic get just the single standard HD. This way, easy to come up with combos can mean your fights get a lot of variety, without much work on your part. Captain of the guard? 4th level Fighter with 2 extra HD, custom gear, and PC-quality stat buy. Sargeant? Second level Fighter and 2nd level Warrior with one extra HD, half custom gear and half standard, and elite array. Random Guardsman #21? Stock standard out of the book Warrior 3. With SWSE-type skills, then it'd be really easy to go and stat out the fight.</blockquote>

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