Post by Finarvyn on Jun 12, 2008 21:41:40 GMT -5
I often wish I could get into Erick's head about character generation. He has often mentioned types of characters that don't work well in ADRP but I can't ever recall him saying which ones did.
For example, I'm pretty sure in the rulebook he discourages players from pumping all of their points into one stat. The "specialist" simply has too many weaknesses and wouldn't be a good character to play.
However, spreading the points out among all attributes as well as as many powers as possible doesn't seem to work either, since that character can't do anything well.
If you're not careful, every character idea that a player comes up with is a "bad one" for one reason or another. Eventually you get to the point where you wonder if it's even possible to create a "good one."
So what's the best mix? What sort of advice do you give your players as to how to best generate an Amber character?
For example, I'm pretty sure in the rulebook he discourages players from pumping all of their points into one stat. The "specialist" simply has too many weaknesses and wouldn't be a good character to play.
However, spreading the points out among all attributes as well as as many powers as possible doesn't seem to work either, since that character can't do anything well.
If you're not careful, every character idea that a player comes up with is a "bad one" for one reason or another. Eventually you get to the point where you wonder if it's even possible to create a "good one."
So what's the best mix? What sort of advice do you give your players as to how to best generate an Amber character?
