06-14-2015, 07:18 PM | #1 |
formerly known as 'Kenneth Latrans'
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Wyoming, Michigan
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[DF, houserules] Suggestions for designing a variable race?
For the fantasy campaign I've been planning on running for a long time now, I've decided to offer players my custom-built 25-point races designed to fit in with my smaller skill list and other price reductions.
To understand some of my base assumptions here:
Giving only the crunch and not the fluff for my existing PC races: Half-Elf [25] Attributes: DX+1[15]Characteristics: Basic Move +1[5] Advantages: Magery 0[5] Features: Pointy ears; can have any hair color of the player’s choosing. Half-Dwarf [25] Attributes: HT+1[10]Secondary Characteristics: FP+3[9], Basic Move -1[-5], Advantages: Lifting ST 3[9], Night Vision 5[2] Features: Women can have facial hair or not at player's discretion. Half-Halfling [25] Attributes: ST-2[-20], DX+1[15]Secondary Characteristics: HP+2[4] Advantages: Honest Face[1]*, Small Size[25], Tough Soles(DR 1, Tough Skin, Feet Only)[1] Features: Hairy feet * Actually a placeholder. Half-Ogre [25] Attributes: ST+4[40], IQ-1[-10]Secondary Characteristics: HP+1[2] Advantages: Resistant to Magic(+3)[10], Toughness 2[3] Disadvantages: Bad Smell[-10] Features: Skin usually greenish Half-Dragon [25] Attributes: IQ+1[10]Advantages: Replace Toughness 1[3] with Damage Resistance 2[10] for 7 points; Armored Eyes[1], Nictitating Membrane[1], Peripheral Vision[10], Sharp Claws[5], Sharp Teeth[1] Disadvantages: Disturbing Voice[-10] Features: Usually hairless, always scaly-skinned, and females only rarely have notable breasts due to non-draconian ancestry. Now for my last race...the price is [15]. I am looking for suggestions for either a pool of Advantages to let players buy from or a few lenses to cover the most likely-desired subraces to round them out at [25] like the others. Offering up some minor Disadvantages or Quirks to add to proposed subraces or even the base template would also be welcome. Half-Kemono [15] Attributes: PR+1[5]Advantages: Blunt Claws[3], Discriminatory Smell[5], Fur[1], and Sharp Teeth[1]. Features: Born Biter 1, Tail "Replace Sharp Teeth[1] with Fangs[2] for 1 point", "Replace Blunt Claws[3] with Hooves[3]" or "Replace Blunt Claws[3] with Sharp Claws[5] for 2 points" are examples of things I would expect to see on some lenses; Blunt Claws and Sharp Teeth just seemed to be common enough for the popular kinds of animals to roleplay that I figured they'd make a decent baseline.
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