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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ouini" data-source="post: 1470349" data-attributes="member: 3506">Well, I've had a chance to look it over more completely. It's a great tool, especially with the d12 and other extensions (thanks again!), though I'm sure I'll completely revamp the costs.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The skills cost, I like. As others have noted, it seems a good baseline for each SP beyond 4/lvl costing 1 CB. The original hit die costs, I like (d6 free, d8 costs 2, d10 costs 4...) The BAB cost, too, was good. All these things are good, because the math is pretty straightforward, whether you're buying a "class" as a whole, or if you're buying bonuses a la carte at each level.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The save bonuses, then, are tricky. Yes, they can be bought a la carte, where you get .33 each level, and can pay to increase by .4 or .5 instead if you like. But that's hard math for many gamers (tracking three values which might soon add up to 2.56 or 1.73, or some such). It works out pretty close if either A) each +1 simply costs a single amount, probably 2, or B) each +1 costs 3, but you get a free +1 in one save at every level.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Presently, I value feats at much higher costs than skills. For instance, to me, the ever-popular non-combat feat which gives you +2 in two different skills should be worth certainly no fewer than four times as much as a skill point. However, I value it even higher than that, since it allows players to exceed the level-cap for skills (you always pay a premium to be ahead of the learning-curve). I'm working with numbers, but presently I'm trying out non-com feats at 5, and combat feats at 8 or so. DrSpunj, do you have a rule-of-thumb for why you figure some feats and special abilities are combat feats, and others aren't?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Defense I'm getting rid of entirely for now. It may be a great mechanic, but I'm completely unfamiliar with its specifics. I agree, though, that defense is almost always cheaper than offense.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Restrictions, I agree, should be assigned point costs ahead of time when possible. Some of the more common ones (armor-limited casting, metal-wearing, alignment restrictions) especially. Most others, I think, can often be worked out between GM and player during creation.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A lot of the sheet, I admit, I'm lost on. I'm not familiar with any of the non-core classes, or Monte's magic system ... is there a link?. Regardless, I 'get' the idea of half and full magic levels, the costs of which I'm playing with (6 and 12, for now).</li> </ul>Thanks again, both Slappy and DrSpunj ... this is a great tinker tool.</blockquote>

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