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Maelwys

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"New" ATOW Character Creation
« on: 25 November 2023, 11:43:55 »
So I was going to play around with ATOW and the modified rules for character creation..but what exactly has changed?

Maybe some traits, but if I'm not mistaken, any characters made should be functionally the same?

Daryk

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Re: "New" ATOW Character Creation
« Reply #1 on: 25 November 2023, 17:29:33 »
Mostly, yes.  Tiered skills are gone, along with a couple of Traits, but that's pretty much it.  The current version of my spreadsheet takes those into account.

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Re: "New" ATOW Character Creation
« Reply #2 on: 25 November 2023, 20:08:57 »
So I was going to play around with ATOW and the modified rules for character creation..but what exactly has changed?

Maybe some traits, but if I'm not mistaken, any characters made should be functionally the same?

The biggest "change" is simply using the Point-Buy character creation method as Default rather than Life Modules.

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Re: "New" ATOW Character Creation
« Reply #3 on: 25 November 2023, 20:28:49 »
True, but Life Modules are still there for those that like them.

Maelwys

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Re: "New" ATOW Character Creation
« Reply #4 on: 26 November 2023, 18:53:14 »
Ah, forgot about Tiered skills. Probably made sense to ditch them. Alright, glad I wasn't forgetting something major.

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Re: "New" ATOW Character Creation
« Reply #5 on: 26 November 2023, 23:41:02 »
it should be noted that the example characters have been redone to reflect point buy.

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