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Hiya.<br>
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Yes, my players have used it on occasion. Usually when the main
wizard of the group wants to do something, or when the fighter-types
want to get their armor fixed or some new stuff made. At those
times, the other PC's have some "time off" and so, they sometimes
spend it training.<br>
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The reasons why Richard likely put those in there was to actually
make sense of the world. Basically, if you don't use them...how does
the town blacksmith get better at his craft? Why doesn't the erotic
dancer known as the Silk Dove not get better at do doing her thing?
Can nobody ever increase their Strength do to hard manual labour?<br>
<br>
So, these rules give a reason as to why a "non-adventurer" could
actually be good at something and have decent characteristics; as
they do their thing, they get better. With these rules the Referee
can honestly say "Bargo the Master isn't called Master just
because....he is one of the countries top hand-to-hand combat
specialists. And no, he's never adventured a day in his life. He's
trained every day since he was a child...both his technique and his
muscles". With these rules you can have an NPC with EL 16 in
Hand-to-Hand, a Strength of 56, Stamina of 35 and Dexterity and
Agility of 31 each....and <i>not</i> have to have a high CEL.<br>
<br>
That said, I have adjusted the rules a bit; I only let
Characteristic's points from CEP increase the physical stats, and
the MEP increase the non-physical ones. I also give out GEP
("General" Experience Points) that players can use as either CEP or
MEP (if they can cast magic, of course), as they choose. GEP are
given out for things related to the RPG experience as opposed to
direct character stuff (e.g., a player comes up with a joke so funny
the game has to stop for 5 minutes while everyone catches their
breath and wipes the tears from their eyes; or the group succeeds in
the party goal [like "discover who is behind the murders"]; stuff
like that).<br>
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^_^<br>
<br>
Paul L. Ming<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19-Jul-14 3:40 AM, Melkor wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Anyone uses the rules for training?
As stated in book I, Characters may use Education to learn skills. Per day allocated
to a skill, one EXPERTISE POINT is earned.
Besides, at the end of book I a method for gaining CHARACTERISTIC POINT through training is specified:
"Beyond the method specified previously, Characters can increase
any modifiable characteristic through training. Training is the
allocation of time specifically to the increase of a selected char-
acteristic. Per FOUR days allocated, the selected characteristic
may be increased by 1. With an instructor, THREE days must be
allocated for this process.
The maximum number of points that can be gained through
training equals the Character’s Native Ability PLUS (his as-
signed multiplier times 2)".
Now using these two different methods you can, through training increase and improve both characteristic points AND expertise points with weapons.
I dislike both these rules and i think i'll never use them.
I prefer my players gaining characteristic points only when they gain CEP (every 50 CEP, 1 characteristic point).
The same with expertise points, i prefer that my players gain them only through combat (that is, while adventuring).
I think that using training to gain points ruin the beauty of the game, in a sense.
So i was curious to know what other P&P players and game masters think about this topic.
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