by Danny Gourley on Sep 13, 2006
E'rebody Gonna Be Aight!
Community Relations Specialist Samera clears up some confusion
over the Favor bonus that will take effect after the release of Module
3:
To clear up the confusion - after Module 3 launches the
current plan
(subject to change of course) is that once you have 1750 total favor
you will be given the ability to create 32-point non-drow
characters (instead of the normal 28-point buy).
Remember this doesn't necessarily mean that you'll be gaining four
ability points, unless you are raising weaker ability scores (under
14). If you are raising abilities with a higher scores it costs more
than one point to gain the extra ability point (for example, it costs
three points to raise your score from a 17 to an 18).
And to further clarify her point:
As I said on the other thread - I
think there is some confusion here - you can't create a drow
character that will have the extra four points - all the other races
yes, drow no.
As for the concerns that you will be forced to re-roll all of your
non-drow characters I really don't think this will be the case. We're
talking about one extra ability point for your higher stats. Afer all,
it takes three points to raise from a 16 to a 17 and from a 17 to an
18. You could raise some of your lower skills by 1 or two points, but
that still won't overpower a character.
We're not making this change to force you to reroll. It's was intended
more for any empty character slots you might have lying around. You
don't have to reroll - it's not like people will be able to see if you
have 14 CON instead of 15.
To quote on of my favorite books...Don't Panic!