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10-14-2019, 07:25 PM | #22 |
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Re: [Spoilers] Improving “I Smell a Rat” with Better Motivated PCs
The problem with starting low points with rapid early escalation is that there's a lot of variation in how build types scale with more points spent. A 250 point fighter mostly just has different numbers from a 125 point fighter. A 250 point mage is dramatically different.
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10-14-2019, 07:51 PM | #23 | ||
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Kromm was right to start DF/DFRPG at 250 points. It yields capable delvers that even newbs can easily pilot through starting fights and get under their feet quickly. Only casters really need deft guidance, but that's because of the variance of DF Wizards, the fragility DF Clerics, the uselessness of DF Druids... and the annoyance factor of DF Bards. ;) |
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10-14-2019, 10:39 PM | #24 |
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Re: [Spoilers] Improving “I Smell a Rat” with Better Motivated PCs
It may not be to your tastes, but any product with the history of success of D&D is doing something right (this does not mean GURPS should emulate it; the obvious response to "here's how to do D&D in GURPS" is "why shouldn't I just play D&D then?").
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10-15-2019, 09:49 AM | #25 | ||
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A counterpoint, though, is that I've been playing GURPS D&D since 1996; I'd say that GURPS does D&D better than D&D. I've gone back to pure D&D a few times (trying out each new edition), but then I come right back to GURPS. It's more flexible than D&D. Even DFRPG, which is much more "class-based," feels far more malleable to me. I admire all of the genre possibilities with GURPS, but ultimately I just use it for good old-fashioned swords and sorcery. |
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10-15-2019, 10:00 AM | #26 |
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Re: [Spoilers] Improving “I Smell a Rat” with Better Motivated PCs
One thing it did right was being the first on the market.
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10-15-2019, 10:13 AM | #27 |
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Being first to market won't save a bad product.
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