[HQ Ignorance] Re : Re : First Scene: Sog City, character generation question

[Lev Lafayette]

--- Nic Hughes <nicolas.h at virgin.net> wrote:

> Dougie, what I meant and what I used when I wrote up
> the character was 
> as follows:
> A spiritist gets one of each practice spirit at the
> lowest power levels 
> in the range as part of the "package deal" of their
> keyword.
> To start with a more powerful spirit pay the normal
> HP cost of the 
> charm/fetish less the 3 points that the starting
> spirit would usually cost.
> 
> I realise that some starting spirits have
> less-useful abilities that 
> always start at 1W or more and that if you accounted
> for this it would 
> complicate matters (and reduce the cost of a more
> powerful version of 
> that spirit). I did not bother with this and stuck
> to the formula of a 
> spirit costing (cost for desired level) -3 character
> generation points.

Which is the quicker an easier way to do it and the
one which I would recommend.

> What I can't help with his how she starts out as a
> shamaness, I don't 
> think you have enough points to do it by
> conventional means (have the 
> right abilities at the right level) so you will have
> to work something 
> out with Lev.

*nods*. 

According to the rules on p139 of the HQ rulebook to
become a shaman one requires Spirit Face, [Practise]
Knowledge and Follower of the [Majestic Spirit] all at
1W2 and then spend an additional 3 Hero Points to
awaken the Fetch; that's a total of 123 ability
points! 

Assuming these start at 17 each as part of the
profession package (see page 140), that's still a
total of 51, meaning there's another still another 112
points to be found somewhere.

So if the character takes a lead role, they're still
looking at being 32 short.

Which of course, Dougie's character *will* pick up on
during this campaign; for that character this will be
the story about them *becoming* a shaman, rather than
*starting* as a shaman.

I hope this clears things up a little.

All the best,


Lev



 
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