[Torg] Possibilities: Better Results Now VS Character Advancement

[Benjamin Grant]

I am definitely considering it.

-Benn Grant

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>bounces at justintimeadventures.com] On Behalf Of winstoninabox
>Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 10:44 AM
>To: torg at justintimeadventures.com
>Subject: RE: [Torg] Possibilities: Better Results Now VS Character
>Advancement
>
>
>>> JJ writes
>>
>>>> Anyway, it does seem to work: PE for everything but buying skill
>>>> adds/ attribute points, Skill Points for those. PE in Act awards,
>>>> Skill Points for Adventure Awards. It's simple and clear, and
>>>> eliminates a lot of problems. I first tried it in my Lost Worlds
>>>> campaign (circa 2005).
>>
>>> I do like the sound of it. PPs become something that are mostly
>>> spent during the game to enhance rolls etc... Skills are advanced
>>> mostly by skill points after the game.
>>
>> Exactly.
>>
>>> If someone really wants to hold onto those few PPs given out for the
>>> Acts for later skill advancement, then they still can. But it's
>>> going to take awhile to really do so. Or did you go one step further
>>> and disallow PPs to be used on character advancement? (essentially 2
>>> pools- PP/skill) That would also seem possible. Nobody will ever
>>> feel that advancement is hindered by spending PPs... And there is a
>>> built in system of Act rewards to replenish PPs.
>>
>> Yes, I disallowed PE expenditure on skill/attribute advancement- only
>> skill points could be used for those.
>>
>>> And there is a built in system of Act rewards to replenish PPs.
>>
>>
>> Including the last Act (end of the module). This allowed the players
>> to spend PE in the final combat, and still replenish PE for the next
>> module.
>
>Nice.
>
>Maybe this is what you'd like to try Benn.
>
>winston
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