08-02-2012, 06:54 PM | #1 |
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Do allies earn CP?
Does anyone have a good houserule for how much / how oftern CP get earned by allies that are part of adventures?
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08-02-2012, 06:54 PM | #2 |
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Re: Do allies earn CP?
Allies do not "earn CP" - they stay whatever fraction of the PCs point total the PC bought them at.
Or if you prefer, they earn a fraction of CP, based on the fraction of the PCs point total. If the ally is 50% of the PCs point total, they earn 50% CP.
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08-02-2012, 06:56 PM | #3 |
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Re: Do allies earn CP?
Aren't these the same thing?
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08-02-2012, 07:01 PM | #4 |
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Re: Do allies earn CP?
Not strictly. Training increases skills, you can get non CP awards of advantages written directly on your character sheet (getting knighted, buying cyberwear), get turned into something with a higher value racial template...
Or on the other claw your point total can go DOWN because you've lost a limb or something, and you might end up owing the GM points because your Ally is now worth more than what you paid for. Or something... unfortunate happens to your Ally to keep them proportionate, although I'd reserve that for when you can come up with something that doesn't strain disbelief.
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08-02-2012, 07:14 PM | #5 | ||
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08-02-2012, 07:32 PM | #6 | |
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Re: Do allies earn CP?
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But, yes, the ally should stay around the same percentage you bought them at. Your ally that is worth 50% of you will always be 50% of you. Mind, I love the idea of spending points on your Ally advantage, indirectly giving huge chunks of points to your ally (which I've seen a player do because they wanted to train their ally to get as good as them in about a week's worth of time). |
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08-02-2012, 08:32 PM | #7 |
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Re: Do allies earn CP?
This all raises the question: How should Allies (and Dependents and Enemies) be handled in a game that uses the "mutable point totals" option?
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08-02-2012, 08:35 PM | #8 |
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Re: Do allies earn CP?
Yeah, thats one thing I never liked about default GURPS. Advantages and disadvantages shouldn't have a meta-game component. Also the way its written if you fix a disadvantage acquired in play, in-play you need to pay points for it. Character loses an eye. Mage fixes him up. Whoops! He is now 15+ points in debt.
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08-02-2012, 08:41 PM | #9 | |
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08-02-2012, 08:45 PM | #10 | |
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You are built on 128 points; half of that is 64 points, and your Ally is worth more than that, but less than three-fourths, or 96 points. Bill Stoddard |
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