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Skarg · 06-13-2018, 05:38 PM

I like interesting racial differences.

I think a list of suggested maximums would make sense, but I think these limits feel low to me. The 40-point limit in the new EP system would already add a kind of limit, but much higher.

I like more the idea of "shifting" the new EP system's cost table using the racial offsets.

So if raising to ST 12 costs a human 500 EP, that's what it costs to raise a Dwarf to ST 14, or an Elf to ST 10, or a halfling to ST 8. So if applied that way, a Hobbit COULD get to ST 14, but the rise from 13 to 14 would cost the same as a human's rise from 17 to 18 (under the current new system's EP table, 2000 EP).

06-13-2018, 05:38 PM	#9
Skarg Join Date: May 2015	Re: Capping Attributes for Non-Human Characters I like interesting racial differences. I think a list of suggested maximums would make sense, but I think these limits feel low to me. The 40-point limit in the new EP system would already add a kind of limit, but much higher. I like more the idea of "shifting" the new EP system's cost table using the racial offsets. So if raising to ST 12 costs a human 500 EP, that's what it costs to raise a Dwarf to ST 14, or an Elf to ST 10, or a halfling to ST 8. So if applied that way, a Hobbit COULD get to ST 14, but the rise from 13 to 14 would cost the same as a human's rise from 17 to 18 (under the current new system's EP table, 2000 EP).