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<blockquote data-quote="HellHound" data-source="post: 1633241" data-attributes="member: 3397">My issue with the BESM point-buy system is that they DIDN'T deconstruct the classes. If you read through their book, you discover that they ended up adding a LOT of 'points' to some classes in order for these classes to be 'balanced' with wizards and sorcerers according to their point-buy system. If they had really deconstructed the classes completely, then the point values would have added up and wouldn't have required massive retooling of the fighter, barbarian and so on to fit within their point-buy system.---Now, as a footnote to that rant, I *love* BESM d20. It's a genius piece of work, but not one that handles classic d20 fantasy well (as shown in the class deconstructions), and I don't feel it is a workable method for building classless characters for a classic fantasy D&amp;D-style d20 game.(Heck, I run BESM d20 games regularly for my daughter's gaming group - absolutely adore the book)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HellHound, post: 1633241, member: 3397"] My issue with the BESM point-buy system is that they DIDN'T deconstruct the classes. If you read through their book, you discover that they ended up adding a LOT of 'points' to some classes in order for these classes to be 'balanced' with wizards and sorcerers according to their point-buy system. If they had really deconstructed the classes completely, then the point values would have added up and wouldn't have required massive retooling of the fighter, barbarian and so on to fit within their point-buy system. --- Now, as a footnote to that rant, I *love* BESM d20. It's a genius piece of work, but not one that handles classic d20 fantasy well (as shown in the class deconstructions), and I don't feel it is a workable method for building classless characters for a classic fantasy D&D-style d20 game. (Heck, I run BESM d20 games regularly for my daughter's gaming group - absolutely adore the book) [/QUOTE]

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