I was inspired by comments in the Caster power discussions to make this.
It's based on how Shadowrun does it's own character creation. The idea is that Casting is another resource you must choose at character creation, that drains from other resources. However, there are more choices than simply ones ability to cast spells, you can choose between having a significant increase to starting cash in exchange for some ability points, or vice-versa.
I want help on figuring out what races to put in the higher tiers of the race choice section and what ones to put in Tier E. also, possibly if there is some resource i should add so you can pick a higher tier and be human with some additional benefit. I might change this to how many points you gain overall from ability score changes. maybe any other problems the system might allow to be exploited.
Also, anyone can use it if they want too, obviously.
also, people's thoughts on diminished.
How does this work with multiclassing?
How does this work with multiclassing?
nothing changes, the Magic area, effects what you can EVER take. if you don't have at least tier B, you can never be a sorcerer, you just didn't have magic in your blood.
◕__ ◕(final and only bump)
I'm not really sure how someone would run this, but I get the idea. Leveraging the power level of a characters race choices greatly intrigued me about Shadowrun. It could work for Pathfinder, but the issue is that your race choice in Pathfinder has less value the higher level you are. A shadowrun race, however, plays a large role in how your character scales. I also don't really like how the point buy pool and skills scale with the tiers.
I like what you're going for, but it needs some tweaking. I played around with a similar system for adapting my classless RPG to Pathfinder rules.
So...
A) Full Caster
B) Ability Scores
C) Skills
D) Elf
E) Resources
Twenty point buy Elven Wizard.
Interesting concept, tweaking definitely recommended. Why are the 1/2 breeds a C rank racial choice?