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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 9000079" data-attributes="member: 907">That applies as much to sci-fi or modern pulp as it does to fantasy. Look at the characters of Leverage or (most) Star Trek shows. They all start out as being solidly competent, and with very little power growth over the course of each series. There is certainly personal growth, and perhaps a broadening of competence, but I don't think Geordi LaForge is a better engineer, Julian Bashir a better doctor, or Alec Hardison a better hacker at the end of each of their series than they were at the start.Star Trek Adventures reflects this pretty well, for Starfleet characters. Characters start out being highly competent, but actually getting better is wildly slow:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Most adventures would give you a normal milestone, which can be used to modify your Values, move a skill point from one skill to another, or replace a Focus (skill specialization) with another. You can also do one of those options on an NPC.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Normally, every 2-3 adventures award one character a Spotlight milestone (as voted on by the players, or assigned by the GM). These can be used to move a stat point to another stat, replace a Talent (special ability), do one of those for an NPC, or move a point from one of the ship's Systems or Departments (basically stats and skills for the ship) to another.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">After getting your first two Spotlights, your third can be an Arc milestone. This number increases by one for every previous Arc milestone, so after your first Arc you need three more Spotlights followed by an Arc, and then four more Spotlights and an Arc, and so on. An Arc milestone is the only way to get a net increase in your abilities, allowing you to increase a stat or a skill, or gain an additional Focus, Value, or Talent. You can also buff the ship or an NPC in a similar way.</li> </ul>So assuming a group of five players and an evenly spread spotlight, it will take 30-45 adventures before they all get their first Arc milestone. Then another 40-60 for the next.</blockquote>

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