Re: Keyword ratinga vs character age

From: Ashley Munday <aescleal_at_...>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 09:16:48 +0000 (GMT)

For most characters I use a rule of thumb of 1 keyword level (starting at 13) and 1 bonus point for each year of the characters life. Seems to work for the sort of game I like.

Makes for quick and easy offline character improvement as well.

Ash

• John Galloway <yuskim1_at_...> wrote:

> Can Homeland and Occupation keywords be treated as
> functions of
> character age?
>
> I was tempeted to say that ones keyword rating (Kw)
> varies linearly
> with age.
>
> E.g. Kw = Age - 4
>
> So a 10 year old has his/her keyword at 6 while a 21
> year old's is at
> 17. Which, to my inexperianced eye, don't seem to be
> too bad as far
> as gross approximitations go.
>
> But if someone lives to be, say, 54 years old then
> their keyword
> ratings would be 50 - 4 = 10w2. I don't have the HQ
> book here at work
> so I don't know where this ranks on the 'who would
> have this rating'
> chart but remember that we haven't added extra
> character creation
> points (CCP).
>
> CCP = Age - 10
>
> What do people think? Or is ANY single formula going
> to be too
> simplistic?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - John
>
>
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