>From: Lightcastle <light_castle_at_...>
>I agree. But it was making "advanced" characters that made this come up. (I
>don't think the 17 vs 13 split in normal chargen is an issue.) Since in the
>City of Secrets campaign (the Karse one) I wanted the players to be a bit
>older and more significant figures in the city, I allowed them to raise the
>keywords. Once you started getting a major split between the starting trait
>vs the keyword, the incentive to try cramming everything into the keyword
>began.
When this happens simply change the "non-keyword ability starting level" to something higher. High enough that this incentive goes away. For some players that may mean making the starting ability level the same as keyword levels (which others have suggested anyhow as good for making characters more "individual").
This could lead to problems in perceptions about the scale, but probably won't unless you go really high with the starting levels.
Mike
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