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Dalin · 01-06-2019, 07:14 PM

While I get that 250 points is already a huge budget, it's a lot of work to nerf each template and then add social options. I'm not sure it's worth the effort. They're already great for heroic dungeoneering, so I like the idea of providing additional points; I'd go with 5-25. I like the idea of lenses, but I'd probably just compile a list of skills and advantages and then vet the results as I would with any character concept.

For my existing DFRPG game, I haven't added any of that, but I'm not as wedded to pure DF as the game expects. So far the basic skills have been sufficient, but if we evolve to need more, I'd probably just provide some bonus points to be spent on a limited array of background options that we would assume had always been part of each character. I've never had problem with that sort of retconning in the past.

01-06-2019, 07:14 PM	#7
Dalin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Saint Paul, MN	Re: (DF) Points for delvers who do more than delve While I get that 250 points is already a huge budget, it's a lot of work to nerf each template and then add social options. I'm not sure it's worth the effort. They're already great for heroic dungeoneering, so I like the idea of providing additional points; I'd go with 5-25. I like the idea of lenses, but I'd probably just compile a list of skills and advantages and then vet the results as I would with any character concept. For my existing DFRPG game, I haven't added any of that, but I'm not as wedded to pure DF as the game expects. So far the basic skills have been sufficient, but if we evolve to need more, I'd probably just provide some bonus points to be spent on a limited array of background options that we would assume had always been part of each character. I've never had problem with that sort of retconning in the past.