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<blockquote data-quote="sum1els" data-source="post: 8984098" data-attributes="member: 70720">I'm looking at p. 14: in NEW 1.2 (Career Creation Walkthrough step 5)It's interesting that they don't mention any restrictions here, but you're right, it clearly says on p. 23 that &quot;Not all races allow this substitution.&quot;&nbsp; And I was wrong when I said that it didn't say specifically that you can't boost an attribute that is already boosted - that's also covered in another section I had missed.I don't see any other reference to the hook attribute, though, so I assume that applies to everyone.WOIN seems to use &quot;species,&quot; &quot;race,&quot; and &quot;heritage&quot; interchangeably even in the same book; I suspect this is due to the desire to start moving away from the charged-but-common-to-RPGs term &quot;race&quot;.In any case, for simplicity's sake, I think we're going to continue to allow any heritage to do this.&nbsp; There are a lot of other ways for determined players to gain advantages, and I don't want to stand in the way of my players building the character they want to play.&nbsp; Then again, I'm happy to let them make up their own careers/exploits/skills too, subject to review by the group.&nbsp; IMO this is one of the strengths of WOIN.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sum1els, post: 8984098, member: 70720"] I'm looking at p. 14: in NEW 1.2 (Career Creation Walkthrough step 5) It's interesting that they don't mention any restrictions here, but you're right, it clearly says on p. 23 that "Not all races allow this substitution." And I was wrong when I said that it didn't say specifically that you can't boost an attribute that is already boosted - that's also covered in another section I had missed. I don't see any other reference to the hook attribute, though, so I assume that applies to everyone. WOIN seems to use "species," "race," and "heritage" interchangeably even in the same book; I suspect this is due to the desire to start moving away from the charged-but-common-to-RPGs term "race". In any case, for simplicity's sake, I think we're going to continue to allow any heritage to do this. There are a lot of other ways for determined players to gain advantages, and I don't want to stand in the way of my players building the character they want to play. Then again, I'm happy to let them make up their own careers/exploits/skills too, subject to review by the group. IMO this is one of the strengths of WOIN. [/QUOTE]

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