Skill point costs

hcobb · 02-09-2019, 06:24 PM

ITL16: "But note that many really exceptional individuals will have a stat total of 36 or less, but augment it by knowing many, many more spells or talents than they started with."

This is insane WRT the XP costs on page 45.

To hammer these into alignment requires a really massive change so how about: Additional skill points learned in play cost the square of their current attribute total then divide by five in XPs.

So a 36 point hero would pay 2 * (36^2) / 5 = 518 XP to learn Bow (a two point talent).

This would balance off stat pumping vs large skill set.

A 30 point wizard pays 180 XP to learn each new spell and a 40 point wizard pays 320 XP to learn each new spell and so on.

02-09-2019, 06:24 PM	#1
hcobb Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Pacheco, California	Skill point costs ITL16: "But note that many really exceptional individuals will have a stat total of 36 or less, but augment it by knowing many, many more spells or talents than they started with." This is insane WRT the XP costs on page 45. To hammer these into alignment requires a really massive change so how about: Additional skill points learned in play cost the square of their current attribute total then divide by five in XPs. So a 36 point hero would pay 2 * (36^2) / 5 = 518 XP to learn Bow (a two point talent). This would balance off stat pumping vs large skill set. A 30 point wizard pays 180 XP to learn each new spell and a 40 point wizard pays 320 XP to learn each new spell and so on. __________________ -HJC