A player of mine as a wish coming, and I do not plan to corrupt it, just grant it. His character wishes for more power by way of evolution. Mechanically, he wants race points to spend on himself to buy traits and what not.
The question is, how many RPs is a wish worth?
A player of mine as a wish coming, and I do not plan to corrupt it, just grant it. His character wishes for more power by way of evolution. Mechanically, he wants race points to spend on himself to buy traits and what not.
The question is, how many RPs is a wish worth?
Well, it takes 4 RPs to get a +2 to an attribute. That would take 2 wishes, so if you're going to do it (and I don't think you should) then 2 RPs per wish might be reasonable. That's the most I'd consider. 1 RP / wish wouldn't be out of line.
"I wish more power by way of evolution" is very vague. If he wants new static racial traits, then have him name specifically what he wants. That way, you can grant him more or less depending on what you find reasonable.
There's many other possibilities. You could give him an alter self or monstrous physique ability that lasts 10 minutes per HD per day. You could let him gain a few 1-point or 2-point eidolon evolutions. But I don't think simply giving him X RP and letting him go nuts is a great idea. RP is only a rough indicator of power and many racial traits wouldn't make sense, especially the ones related to culture and grant bonus feats.
Definitely have him say what he wants to evolve into. Race Points are poorly balanced, and as mentioned, a normal Wish can give +1 typed bonus to a stat (that ultimately caps at +5). Race point stat boosts would not have such a restriction.
Yeah, I'd say figure out exactly what he wants first, then find the best way to do it.
Does he want to be something entirely new? Something that sort of exists, but slightly better? A mutant of some kind?