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Frerezar wrote:


Thanks very much for the breakdown, it really sold me on the product.

Glad you picked it up. Hope the product lived up to the summary. Let me know what you think.

CHRIS


Erik, I'm glad you liked it. For a fox anthro, I'd pick Canis Minor myself, but a reskinned Felis Minor or even Rodentia might work.

I saw a few of you guys asking about balance. Character generation is pretty open, so while I've tried to keep things balanced, I'm sure a true power gamer could come up with some thing pretty impressive. Honestly, I don't really have much problem with that- I've always preferred niche protection and giving everyone at the table an area they can excel in rather than perfect, zero-sum balance.

Char-gen works like this. First you pick an order, which determines your ability score bonuses, some skill bonuses and whether or not you have low light vision. Most Orders allow you to choose your size, but a few require you to be at least Medium- these are the Dinosaur, Elephant, Bear, Bull, ect orders- big animals.

Then you've got 4 build points with which to buy racial traits. Racial traits are grouped into major and minor traits, with minor traits having more roleplaying application than tactical use. Of course, clever players can figure out all sorts of cool uses for minor traits, of course. Traits cost between 1 and 4 points, based on utility. Your choice of order gives you a discount on Major traits. If it fits your anthro's basic theme, you get it cheaper. It's easier for a bird anthro to buy up flight abilities, or a dragon anthro to buy up breath weapons, for instance. Players can also play against type and buy abilities as they see fit- even without a discount from your order, you've got enough points to buy one cool ability.

Finally, you can pick a disadvantage and get some extra build points.

I'd consider the various anthro builds mostly equivalent to the Pathfinder core races, but again, depending on what you buy, you may get a bit more powerful.

It's a pretty wide open system, so let me know what you manage to create with it.

CHRIS


I really enjoy writing for D20 Modern, as most of my stuff is for that system. I would love an updated version, and I've got about a $100 set aside in my Pay Pal account specifically for the patronage fund.

As soon as I heard about this, I put a post up on my blog with some design wishes for a revised D20 Modern, so if you're interested, follow the link over here: http://otherversegames.blogspot.com/

I really hope this project takes off, and hope it proves as good a seller as Pathfinder itself.
CHRIS