Trading Points for Money discussion

[corwyn]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Spending points on in-game effects is exactly what Impulse Buys is about, spending points to find money is pretty quintessentially an impulse buy (and B26 says these points are just spent and don't go on your character sheet; which is something GCA still does wrong, but I digress). Spending points to find money is really just a specific case of Player Guidance.

Yeah, I get that. I guess I've always considered this as part of character creation. I don't think I've ever had a player do this in game.

I am not sure what you are asking for, errata for the Basic Set?

I think so, yeah. Over the past decade there have been plenty of little rules presented as options or increased detail that feel more like stealth errata to me. This is one of them. If they feel the original rule is unbalanced/unfair then I feel it should work its way into errata, not buried in a specific game line or non-core supplement.

As much as I love the PU line, Impulse buys is not every GM's cup of tea. I don't use it - well, I guess I'm using some of it now.