NRPG Character Creation Guide

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I would suggest increasing the number of points people can get from flaws. If you just increase the number of points you get at different ranks, you'll just get everyone joining at the highest rank. I assume that's not what you intended.

Another alternative would be to lower the cost of the Manipulation to 1 point, but keep the Affinities at 3 points. I didn't realize how crucial they would be to creating jutsu. That makes it more accessible at creation without just giving away the bonuses.

Well, I don't care if people start out as anything. If they want to be Genin and develop their character from scratch they can, or if they just want to join and play with someone in particular then they can simply start at the same rank. In CDBZ, if too much real-world time passes, then new players start at such a low point that they'll never be able to catch up with players who've simply been around longer: others have better items, higher stats, more abilities, better transformations, etc. I personally found that to be very discouraging and it's why I developed this free-choice system. The main goal is to balance it so people can do as much as they want without it becoming abusive or restrictive.

But I'm not going to pretend that it's perfect. I've actually been bugging Josh for a few years about getting webspace so I could get other people to pitch in on development, because he's too lazy to help and I sure as heck can't find and fix everything by myself. If the Talent/Flaw pricing system is too restrictive then I guess I'll just go back to the drawing board. :O