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Originally Posted by johndallman
I agree on "a little less than the ongoing characters", simply because a character designed with, say, 450 points, tends to be a bit more efficient than one designed on 250 with another 200 added in small increments.
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This is a valid reason for sure. It's an innate property – I wouldn't say "flaw" – of
GURPS that despite being the same points with the same purchasing power, points spent at character creation can be invested in ways that pay off better than those earned in play going forward. It's a bit like comparing someone with a million dollars to someone who has earned $50,000 per annum for 20 years.
That said, I've often toyed with the idea of retroactively optimizing PCs, things like shaving off 30 points of IQ-based skills to raise IQ by 1, lowering point total by 10 points despite the increased efficiency. I often suspect that's the missing link that keeps starting and earned points from working the same way.