[Lifepath Template] Character building

[Ego Archive]

I've done a little additional work on it, but life has been getting in the way the last couple weeks. I will post some more of what I have in the next day or two.

Dwarf99- I intentionally left that nebulous so as to allow someone the ability to play a younger character with many previous careers, or an older character that hasn't done much. That said, I've made the assumption (for my games) that the "Birth" Template puts a character at 14-16, and every "Profession path" would add 3-5 years. That would put a 150pt character around 17-21 years, and a 250pt character at 23-31 years old. If you were going really high power (500pts), you would probably have to adjust that, just to keep from playing a bunch of geriatric heroes. ;)

[Dwarf99]

They could all be dwarves and elves :D

[Ego Archive]

I added Tradesman, Constable, and fixed the Merchant (broken Ads).

If you have any suggestions for the existing templates, or would like to contribute a template (one of the ones noted above, or a new one), feel free to post it up.

I'm hoping to compile this into a PDF once it's fleshed out a bit.

[Ego Archive]

Originally Posted by Claybor

Looks pretty good. I have thought all along that worldbooks would benefit from something like this rather then the total packages they give. My original thoughts were similar except that I was looking at a 50 point race/culture package and a 50 point profession package, then 50 points to be used at will.

My first thought was to have reduced starting templates (50 point versions), and add a "racial lens" to the template. As I think about it though, it may make sense to call these the human starting paths, and create starting paths for each of the other races.

So you could have a Dwarvish Tradesman, Dwarvish Merchant, Elvish woodsman, Elvish plant whisperer (Farmer), Halfling Farmer, etc...

That approach may be more work than it's worth though...

Elvish Plant Whisperer...heh...

[Ego Archive]

Ok, I've added the Monk, Priest, Doctor, Burglar and Cutthroat.

Please let me know if any of the templates are miscalculated, or have a skill/advantage/disadvantage that doesn't makes sense or are missing one that would make sense.

[Fed]

I have been working on a similar concept (off and on). When I get a chance, I'll post some lens for consideration.

Originally Posted by Ego Archive

If you have any suggestions for the existing templates, or would like to contribute a template (one of the ones noted above, or a new one), feel free to post it up.