From a51bf5e4395c0bdcbefaf8d93ff663567e91d265 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malin Freeborn <malinfreeborn@posteo.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:35:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] adjust XP costs for traits
Eureka! I've been irritated for years that all gnomes are
body-builders. There's no good reason for it, but there is a bad
reason; the system. The system tells gnomes that to raise to their
maximum Strength of +1, with so much muscle that they'll be on equal
footing with humans, despite being half their height, they only need to
spend 20 XP. 5 XP gets them from Strength -2 to Strength -1, and so on.
And almost as bad; gnomes are no more dexterous than anyone else after a
few months on the road. They only start with +1 Dexterity, but soon
everyone buys a couple of dots in Dexterity, making everyone the same.
The racial limits really did feel like *limits*, since you just run into
them.
One trick fixes everything: racial Attribute adjustments apply to XP
costs, so gnomes must spend 10 XP to raise their Strength to -1, while
humans need to spend 10 XP to raise their Wits to 0.
---
CS.tex | 4 ++--
glossary.tex | 16 ++++++++--------
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/CS.tex b/CS.tex
index 74b0926d..f9353b75 100644
--- a/CS.tex
+++ b/CS.tex
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
\showAttribute{Charisma}[-8pt]
\hspace{2em}\footnotesize{\dicef{7}} & & \tiny{2} & \tiny{3} & \tiny{4--5} & \tiny{6--8} & \tiny{9--10} & \tiny{11} & \tiny{12} & \\
\end{tabularx}
- \tiny\hint{Cost: 5 | 10 / 20 / 30 / 50 }
+ \tiny\hint{Cost: 5 | 10 / 20 / 40}
}
%----
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ circle label/.style = {
\fi
\end{tabularx}
\par
- \tiny\hint{Cost: 10 / 20 / 40 }
+ \tiny\hint{Cost: 10 / 20 / 30 }
}
%----
diff --git a/glossary.tex b/glossary.tex
index 21eead8d..a995238a 100644
--- a/glossary.tex
+++ b/glossary.tex
@@ -258,17 +258,17 @@ This collection is all you will need for this book.}
\newacronym[
description={come from each character's Code.
- Spend them to raise any \glsentrytext{trait}.
+ Spend XP to raise any \glsentrytext{trait}.
\noindent
- \begin{boxtable}
- \textbf{Trait} & \textbf{Cost} \\
+ \begin{boxtable}[XYccc]
+ \textbf{Trait} & \textit{Remove Penalty} & \textbf{First} & \textbf{Second} & \textbf{Third}\\
\hline
- \glsentrytext{attribute} & $5\times2^{n-1} +5$ \\
- \glsentrytext{skill} & $5\times n$ \\
- Knack & $5\times n$ \\
- Combat \glsentrytext{skill} & $5\times 2^{n}$ \\
+ \glsentrytext{skill} & --- & 5 & 10 & 15 \\
+ Knack & --- & 5 & 10 & 15 \\
+ Combat \glsfmttext{skill} & --- & 10 & 20 & 30 \\
+ \glsentrytext{attribute} & 5 & 10 & 20 & 40 \\
\end{boxtable}
- Here `$n$' is the level purchased},
+ The racial limits adjust these numbers as usual},
shortplural={XP},
prefix={an\space},
name={Experience Points (XP)},
--
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