Jeff wrote:
>
> > A point of curiosity - I'm guessing in games using the relative system
> > that many players hold a lot of hero points in store for bumps, or
> > create new skills, and put relatively little into improving skills.
>
> Not my experience at all. My players are all over the map. One hoards,
> another bumps her runes, another spends it raising breakout abilities.
>
I would have thought this would lead to some characters having
noticeably better skills than others, which might cause a problem after
a while if the base resistance ends up being perfect for some PCs and
too low/high for others. I'm guessing this doesn't happen, though?
> In HQ2 character sheets rarely have more abilities listed than can be
> put on a 3x5 index card.
>
One of the things I don't like about HQ2, actually. It works great for
convention games or other one-offs, though!
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