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Old 03-15-2018, 09:51 AM   #102
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Default Re: 25% of Starting Points

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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl View Post
It also means that the change in the point values of children occurs more due to the acquisition of advantages and skills rather than maturation, allowing for easier accounting for Allies, Dependents, Enemies, and Patrons. A 100 point character who takes a 25 point 5-year-old child as an Ally (12-) for 2 points would have to spend 2 points to keep their Ally over the next 5 years using my method because both characters will gain an average of 25 points (becoming 125 points and 50 points respectively). Without a maturation pool as an accounting mechanism, the adult character would have to spend 18 points to keep them as Ally (12-) to keep their Ally over the next 5 years because the adult character would only gain 25 points while the child character would gain 125 points due to maturation and normal character advancement (meaning that the adult character would be 125 points and the child character would be 150 points).
You can use it as an "accounting mechanism" if you like, but don't confuse that with the actual point-value of the child character.

Also, buying a maturing child as a higher level NPC is only one option, but it's not necessarily the only option.

Consider Batman and Robin. If Robin were an Ally, not another PC, Batman could buy him at the level he's worth at 8 or 10 or 13 years old. Then when Robin matures and becomes worth more, Batman has two options. He can pay more to have a higher level Ally, as Robin has gained some experience. Or, he can let Robin move on to become an independent Nightwing or whoever, and replace him with a new young Robin, worth the same value as the original Ally advantage he paid for. Batman can go either way, but he doesn't have to spend points on having a better Ally unless he wants to.

Also consider- why would Batman have to pay for Robin's "potential"? We don't know that Robin's potential will be realised- he could become a paraplegic, he could evolve into a full-fledged hero, or he could become an Enemy. The only important thing to Batman's character sheet is Robin's current worth as an Ally to Batman.
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