[UA] Possibility of a Bard character?

[Tim Groth]

An alternative to trying to work out a trade for skill points to attribute
points would be to let him have a custom skill in each stat that added to
the stat for the purpose of significant skill checks. This would also
prevent him from having extra body points, higher other skill maxes, etc.
Those would be best for Mind and Soul, but someone with even 15% in it for
each would have a nice little edge as a generalist.

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:53 AM, Jason Feldstein <fieldstone at gmail.com>wrote:

> Also, if he wants to be a jack of all trades, perhaps you could let him
> trade in a certain number of his skill points for attribute points. That
> way, he could make a significant check against nearly any skill, but he'd
> not be so good with major checks... which is exactly what a jack of all
> trades is - a master of none.
>
> Jason
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:50 AM, Tim Groth <tim.groth at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If he's look for Bard in terms of has performing skills that have
>> emotional impact, I think UA can cover that. A Soul skill for music that
>> mentions its emotional tone and another sort of magic-ish skill that does
>> some emotional effects (shares your Passions perhaps, but you have to lay
>> them out there via music) would be appropriate.
>>
>> If he's looking for Bard in terms of a jack of all trades, that's a bit
>> trickier—you can be a dabbler with the right descriptions and whatnot, but
>> there isn't really the sort of buffet of effects to build from to create a
>> mechanical jack of all trades.
>>
>> Really, the key is what is he going for when he says bard? Have him lay
>> that out in terms of concept, personality, passions, and obsessions. From
>> there the skills can follow nicely, and don't be afraid to give custom one
>> off abilities in skills. I generally find something about as powerful as a
>> single potent minor formula spell or weaker significant formula spell can
>> work without breaking the game.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:45 AM, kundalini kat <kundalini8kat at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>
>>> One of my players is totally bent for playing bard characters. I'm not
>>> very familiar with other RPGs, like Dungeons and Dragons which apparently
>>> has roles for these things. There's hints in the corebook about a 'play the
>>> blues' Soul skill... there's the ravey 0100101011001 group and Oneiromancy,
>>> but not quite what he's looking at. Has anyone tackled this conversion
>>> before?
>>>
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