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BattleTech Game Systems => A Time of War => Topic started by: Maelwys on 25 November 2023, 11:43:55

Title: "New" ATOW Character Creation
Post by: Maelwys 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?

Title: Re: "New" ATOW Character Creation
Post by: Daryk 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.

Title: Re: "New" ATOW Character Creation
Post by: Dahmin_Toran on 25 November 2023, 20:08:57

Quote from: Maelwys 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?

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

Title: Re: "New" ATOW Character Creation
Post by: Daryk on 25 November 2023, 20:28:49

True, but Life Modules are still there for those that like them.

Title: Re: "New" ATOW Character Creation
Post by: Maelwys 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.

Title: Re: "New" ATOW Character Creation
Post by: Sartris on 26 November 2023, 23:41:02

it should be noted that the example characters have been redone to reflect point buy.