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Old 05-03-2023, 11:47 PM   #60
Steve Plambeck
 
Join Date: Jun 2019
Default Re: 3 Character Types: Fighter, Wizard, Mixed (Bard, Cleric, Monk)

On the matter of character classes, for your consideration, a 32 point starting character:

Holly
ST 10, DX 12, IQ 10, MA 10
Arms: Saber, Small Shield
Talents: Sword, Shield, Horsemanship
Spells: Image, Lock/Knock

Is Holly a Hero (having spent 4 memory points on talents and 6 on spells)? Or is Holly a Wizard (having spent 8 memory points on talents and 2 on spells)? How can you tell?

Does Holly (or the player behind her) even have to commit to whether or not she's one class or the other? Does she have to tell anyone which it is even if she has committed?

Does Holly even know herself, and why should she?

If Holly just prefers to spend her XP on attributes rather than on any more spells or talents, the issue will never even come up. Just like any character, with a little luck and careful tactics Holly could go on to become a formidable 36, 38, even a 40 point figure.

If she weighs as much as a duck though, then we'll know she's a witch.
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