Topic: Freeform characters and Styles
Started by: Sindyr
Started on: 3/31/2006
Board: Muse of Fire Games
On 3/31/2006 at 7:19pm, Sindyr wrote:
Freeform characters and Styles
From another thread, broken out into its own:
Are there any rules about how many and which Styles must be powered when generating a character by hand? Can I have 5 Styles with no powered Styles, or ALL powered styles, or anywhere in between?
On 3/31/2006 at 7:24pm, drnuncheon wrote:
Re: Freeform characters and Styles
Sindyr wrote:
From another thread, broken out into its own:
Are there any rules about how many and which Styles must be powered when generating a character by hand? Can I have 5 Styles with no powered Styles, or ALL powered styles, or anywhere in between?
Well, going from the rulebook, we know that anywhere from 1-3 powered styles is OK, and from 0-2 nonpowered styles, because you can create any combination of those using the click&locks.
J
On 3/31/2006 at 7:28pm, Sindyr wrote:
RE: Re: Freeform characters and Styles
Yes, but that is based on inference. I ask two questions (to start):
Is having 5 powered syles ok?
Is having 5 non-powered styles ok?
I guess I am really asking if there are any rules prohibiting either of the above if one eschews the click and locks and instead goes freeform?
On 3/31/2006 at 7:42pm, TonyLB wrote:
RE: Re: Freeform characters and Styles
There are no rules forbidding it.
Perhaps Sydney will weigh in on his personal experiences with playing a character who has four powered styles.
On 3/31/2006 at 7:56pm, Sydney Freedberg wrote:
RE: Re: Freeform characters and Styles
So... much... debt....
But, y'know, Debt is a resource. Accept that you're going to have an overdrawn Drive a lot of the time, spend a Story Token to introduce an "ablative" second character that's all check-offs and no powers (like "The Sword Excalibur!" or "Ambush!" or "Monumentally Bad Decision!"), and then use your Power-heavy character to stake Debt & introduce Conflicts while relying on your secondary character to do most of the die-rolling. This is a "high investment, high return" technique but it's pretty workable.