2 and a half questions about the mnemonic editor

[BigNorseWolf]

1) Does spending fame to use the editor get you the editor instead of credits, or do you have to spend fame AND credits?

2) Can you buy the editor twice to undo your last 4 levels of choices?

3) I heard a rumor of a way to retrain besides the editor that was coming soon, any news on that?

[Belafon]

BigNorseWolf wrote:

1) Does spending fame to use the editor get you the editor instead of credits, or do you have to spend fame AND credits?

2) Can you buy the editor twice to undo your last 4 levels of choices?

3) I heard a rumor of a way to retrain besides the editor that was coming soon, any news on that?

1. You spend Fame OR credits. The mnemonic editor is listed as an item under the Basic Purchasing Plan, which is a list of services you can get for Fame. Similarly you can get Raise Dead cast for 14 Fame, you do not need to pay credits as well.

2. That's not an unreasonable thing for a GM to allow, requiring two consecutive MKs of the mnemonic editor. However reading the description seems to indicate that the process of using an editor wipes and rewrites, so you would be back to your original level before you got a chance to use the second. Would require a dispensation from Thursty to work.

3. I have not heard this rumor.

Rumor:

Other than the typical "I bet they are going to release a way to do this soon" or "they really should make a way for you to do this" daydreaming that players do when we gather and talk. Of course by that standard I have heard rumors that there will be a fusion to let operatives trick attack with heavy weapons, SROs are going to be a playable race, you can slow-track your characters, you can gain a level per adventure, credits per adventure is going to be tripled, and there will soon be a magic item (maybe hybrid) that lets solarions change their key ability score to dex. Basically anything a player thinks will make his PC better.

[Thurston Hillman]

Kevin's response to #1 is correct.

For #2, based on my interpretation of the rules, I would say that you can only use an editor for the past 2 levels. There's nothing in the description that would allow the purchase of multiple editors to go back further, as the item is clearly used once and the changes are immediate. IE) there's no listed perks to stacking.

That being said, I understand there's players who want more options for "retraining" and it's something that I'm following. The rumor mentioned above is just that, a rumor. I've not announced any official plans on how we'll handle retraining or mnemonic editors in future versions of the guide or via upcoming Starfinder releases. So for now, just keep an eye out!

[BigNorseWolf]

Thanks!

And yes, that level 1 feat is the hardest to change and the one most likely to need changing as the game develops, so any alchohol I can send towards getting something along those lines in...