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HackMaster Character Creation example: Hammer the Dwarven Fighter

Started by greylond, March 02, 2012, 07:51:13 PM

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March 15, 2012, 12:48:33 PM
Quote from: DestroyYouAlot;521330Just popping in to note that, while I'm usually in the "fast pcgen" camp, for HackMaster what I WANT is crazy over-the-top-ness, in the chargen as well as in other areas (and it delivers).  HM pcgen is definitely a game in itself, in the vein of Traveller pcgen (but "turned up to 11").  Fans of lifepath-type systems will find something to enjoy, here.  

Yes, fans of Random Lifepath generation like in Traveller will clearly find much in common with a game that doesn't actually have lifepaths, doesn't actually have "random", and is nowhere near as simple as Traveller.

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March 15, 2012, 08:18:26 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;521682Yes, fans of Random Lifepath generation like in Traveller will clearly find much in common with a game that doesn't actually have lifepaths, doesn't actually have "random", and is nowhere near as simple as Traveller.

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Lifepaths are in the class books for HM4, not sure about the new version.  Random is all over the place there.  Simple is pretty orthogonal to the discussion at hand.  I'll go ahead and consider myself thoroughly chastised if it makes you feel any better, though.
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#62
March 15, 2012, 08:35:24 PM
Quote from: DestroyYouAlot;521748Lifepaths are in the class books for HM4, not sure about the new version.  Random is all over the place there.  Simple is pretty orthogonal to the discussion at hand.  I'll go ahead and consider myself thoroughly chastised if it makes you feel any better, though.

I'm with you in that I prefer simple chargen, which is a relative term at best, but I love lifepath systems.  It's probably the reason I'll give HM a chance because generally I dislike fiddlely point buy systems as this looks to be.

On the otherhand Warhammer's lifepath system is a major reason contributing to my affection for the game.
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greylond

#63
March 16, 2012, 06:15:58 PM
HackMaster is only as "Fiddly" as you want it. If you want to play a character with a bunch of Quirks/Flaws and a whole bunch of skills and/or talents, then you can do that. If you just want a basic Fighter type with very few skills, i.e. mostly just skilled in a couple of weapons, then you can do that also.

Dave Kenzer has also said that they'll be looking at updating the HMb "QuickStart Character Generation" system...
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