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Apr 12, 2019 6:44 pm
Emberskyes says:
Pg 250.
Thank you
Apr 12, 2019 7:02 pm
Emberskyes says:
It does. I can PM you all the points if you wish. I was looking at the sample character generation on pg 47 to guide me through the process. The buying languages really hurts your bottom line... I’d love to be able to speak 3 or 4 languages and it’d be useful to flesh out the character, but it would completely wipe out the points pool. I’ve got skills that make me happy but I feel kind of spread out.

What’s a useful skill level?

Do you want us to manually upgrade our skills with the base because the form isn’t calculating it in?
Nah, don't worry about PMing me your rolls or moving credit rating to your skills section as long as it's coming out of your point pool. Assuming your credit rating selected is "Living Standard or Money 60"?

Regarding a useful skill level, that's difficult to say. The points given to a skill represent a percent likelihood of success under normal circumstances, so a score of 25 would indicate a 25% chance of success, again, assuming normal circumstances. If success in 1 out of 4 times is useful is up to you, really. Though, in the case of languages, it's typically not an all or nothing type of thing. For example, if you encounter a text in, say, Mandarin, and you have a 40 skill in Mandarin, I may determine:

1) there are 3 key points to comprehend
2) 2 of the 3 points are easy and (house rule) will add 50% to your chances (i.e. 40%*[1+50%]=60% chance), and
3) 1 of the points is hard and (standard rule) will subtract 50% from your skills (i.e. 40%*50%=20% chance)

What this means is that the chances you understand at least a part of the document is 87% (don't ask me to show my work on this :))

The other thing to consider is that your age determines your education level. (As an aside, I can't seem to find your age on your character sheet anywhere; this will need to be included or let me know if I'm missing it somewhere.) nevermind, I see it in the comments. So, if you really want to know several languages, consider making your character older and making the necessary adjustments to stats.

Finally, yeah, go ahead and add the base to your allocated points; no idea why the character sheet doesn't do this automatically.
Apr 12, 2019 7:46 pm
Languages get harder with age not easier but the system is what the system is, I suppose if I lived in an envirpnment where I didn’t work with people in their late teens and early 20’s that can speak 5 languages fluently I’d be less concerned. It’s such a point sink for something that’s little more than flavour. I shall ignore the languages and rebalance my skills a little this weekend. I’m probably going to drop a couple and boost a couple but I have a concert to go to tonight so it’ll have to wait.

Nevermind, done... Do you want me to buy furniture and clothes or just a general money dump to indicate how things are?
Last edited April 12, 2019 8:10 pm
Apr 12, 2019 11:58 pm
Hey Squadfather. What’s your character’s name? He or she is just lists as "Doctor of Medicine."
Apr 13, 2019 12:08 am
Morgan O'Neil
Last edited April 13, 2019 12:08 am
Apr 13, 2019 12:52 am
A hard drinkin’ Irish country doctor. If you click "Characters" at the top, then "All Characters" you can use the gear to edit your name.
Apr 13, 2019 2:04 am
My character is Morgan O'Neil. Someone else has the doctor. My guy is the soldier.
Apr 13, 2019 2:10 am
Oh ya... Shark_Bone, mea culpa.

I’ll be adding background to my character tomorrow. I have big chunks written up either on my tablet or in my head. I forgot to save it before I headed out to the concert tonight so I could edit it before the show started.
Last edited April 13, 2019 2:13 am
Apr 13, 2019 2:11 am
Emberskyes says:
Oh ya... Shark_Bone, mea culpa.
It's all good.
Apr 13, 2019 3:09 am
My character's name is Kenneth Davis. I changed the character label so it shows that now in the Characters section. Thanks for pointing that out!
Apr 14, 2019 1:52 pm
Is it okay I switched size for education and Dex for Intelligence? It makes more sense for the build.
Apr 14, 2019 9:22 pm
So, I’ve written out a background, it’s long. I’d like to submit it do you Awsmack prior to putting it out there, just so you can approve it or suggest changes. Would you like me to PM it or just post it somewhere for you to go over.
Last edited April 14, 2019 9:23 pm
Apr 15, 2019 2:41 am
Sure, if you want me to review before making it public, go ahead and PM me.
Apr 15, 2019 3:39 am
awsmack says:
Sure, if you want me to review before making it public, go ahead and PM me.
Sent, it’s pretty sizeable. i got on a roll and kept typing.
Apr 15, 2019 2:12 pm
lunitar says:
Is it okay I switched size for education and Dex for Intelligence? It makes more sense for the build.
Sure, that's fine.
Apr 15, 2019 2:15 pm
Still waiting on one a character from Carabas, and once done, we can get started.

Just a reminder to all, if you haven't yet, please make sure to include a background/personal info in your character sheet, and please select an avatar image, ideally someone that looks like they're from the 1920's :).
Apr 15, 2019 2:20 pm
Undetstood. Looking forward to starting.
Apr 15, 2019 3:38 pm
awsmack says:
Still waiting on one a character from Carabas, and once done, we can get started.
Submitted, but the backround and gear are still missing, I'll try to get around to it this evening.
Apr 15, 2019 3:49 pm
So submitted, edited, re-edited and background included. Can’t wait.
Apr 15, 2019 11:33 pm
Did I miss anything?
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