I am not proposing that we get rid of the character overhaul.
I am proposing a fun in-game mechanism that's part of our setting to let players change things like their character's race, class, ability score, etc.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...
Dr. Scruples is a mad alchemist, with tesla coils and biker goggles.
A character who wants to make changes to himself (e.g., shift points from one attribute to another) goes to the mansion of thegood doctor and applies for transmogrification. The doctor provides the potential transformee with a list of materials that require a somewhat suicidal degree of commitment to acquire--basically a Maguffin mini-adventure. For instance, if you want to change your race to an elf, you need to get 'elf parts', 'tree hugging things', and 'androgynonimity'. Dr. Scruples chunks all the bits into his Alchematomic Engine of Awe. The player character enters the para-potential reality chamber and engages in a Nietszchean one-on-one battle with his new self. If he wins, he gets the change. If he fails, he's *cough* dead.
I'd be more than happy to play the part of the Doctor and recrombinatulate characters.
I am proposing a fun in-game mechanism that's part of our setting to let players change things like their character's race, class, ability score, etc.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...
Dr. Scruples' Amazing Reality Revision Machine
Dr. Scruples is a mad alchemist, with tesla coils and biker goggles.
A character who wants to make changes to himself (e.g., shift points from one attribute to another) goes to the mansion of the
I'd be more than happy to play the part of the Doctor and recrombinatulate characters.