I do like competent characters, and prefer the ones where competent doesn't mean simply 'more powerful' but also smarter at using her abilities. It throws me out of the stories when characters simply get new or more powerful abilities that exactly match up whatever problems they need to solve, especially when their enemies don't get the same advantages.
I guess the D&D equivalence of a point-based system would be, you're starting your character at level 3 or level 5, rather than at level 1, so you'd get to pick some feats and skills and a bit more in the way of starting gear.
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Date: 2017-02-09 07:44 pm (UTC)I guess the D&D equivalence of a point-based system would be, you're starting your character at level 3 or level 5, rather than at level 1, so you'd get to pick some feats and skills and a bit more in the way of starting gear.