Confused about shapeshifting

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

Let's assume you max out the limitation on your alternate form to -80%, giving it a cost of 3 points. Let's say the racial template for your alternate form costs a net 997 points. That costs a total of 1,000 points which, in a 500-1,000 point campaign maxes out your point costs.

The template would be 10% off in that case, so you can use a 1107 point template. But that extra 107 points is not going to make a huge difference to your points.

I always see players just get a good base form in these sorts of situations.

I can see the argument for making a form with a bigger than 10% discount. Actually, given that I never see players take the 10%, the base price is likely off from its optimum location