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BMP
Body / Mind / Power
Primary paradigm: level X = body X mind X power X
- Secondary paradigms allow for imbalance
Level X means you have X points in each: Body, Mind, and Power.
Body/Mind/Power X means you have X points to split between the three stats of that type:
Stats
| Parent | Stat |
|---|---|
| Body | Strength |
| Body | Dexterity |
| Body | Constitution |
| Mind | Intelligence (Sharp) |
| Mind | Wisdom (Cool) |
| Mind | Charisma (Charm) |
| Power | Acumen |
| Power | Capacity |
| Power | Control |
At level X, you have X points in Body, X in Mind, and X in Power, to divide as you please.
Skills
You also have X * Y + Z points for Body Skills, Mind Skills, and Power Skills.
- Body and Mind Skills generaly have a skill point cost
- Power Skills use the Custom Power system to compute cost
Race
Race = Level
Either take levels representing your race or origin, or pick from premade ones. There is no bonus before level 1, nor is there an expectation of always starting at level 1 or ending at 20.
Perhaps Vampire is a bundle of skills totaling 5 levels (with more optional ones later), and Dragon totals 10, and Drow totals 2. Just take those levels and you're done.
Ordinary human? Don't take any extra levels.
Numbers
Rolling a stat means:
- 1d20 + stat + 1/2 level
So if you're level 10, and you have 10 Body points, and you put 8 in Str, 2 in Dex, and 0 in Con, then:
- Your Strength roll is 1d20 + 8 + 5
- Your Dexterity roll is 1d20 + 2 + 5
- Your Constitution roll is 1d20 + 0 + 5
Core Skills
| Skill | Stat |
|---|---|
| Act Under Pressure | Mind |
| Kick Some Ass | Body |
| Take a Hit | Body |
| Open Fire | Mind |
| Read a Bad Situation | Mind |
| Manipulate Someone | Mind |
| Use Magic | Power |
Mind Skills
| Skill | Description | Stat |
|---|---|---|
| Investigation | Investigate a Mystery | Mind |
| Archaelogy | Learn about an artifact | Mind |
| Hacking | Intrude into computer | Mind |
| High Society | Gain information/resources from wealthy/powerful people | Mind |
| Underworld | Gain information/resources from scoundrels and ne'er-do-wells | Mind |
| Mercantilism | Locate hard-to-find items or great deals | Mind |
| Animals | Calm or befriend a biological creature | Mind |
| Linguistics | Interpret a new language or speak one already | Mind |
| Mechanic | Fix machines/vehicles, enhance performance | Mind |
| Research | Learn something from research materials | Mind |
Body Skills
| Skill | Description | Stat |
|---|---|---|
| Parry | Roll Body to deflect melee attack | Body |
| Aim | Roll Mind to set up ranged attack | Mind |
| Tumble | Roll Body to move through threatened area | Body |
| Block | As a reaction to a melee attack against yourself or a nearby ally, you can roll +Tough to mitigate the damage | |
| Revenge | When you successfully Block, gain +1 or +2 forward to your next attack against the instigator | |
| Shield Cover | Attacks against allies near you suffer -1 |
New BMP
It's a whole bunch of abilities like:
- Sword
- Fireball
- Investigate
Each one has tons of modifiers that make it better for X amounts of currency. Currency types:
- Body point
- Mind point
- Power point
- Resource point
Examples:
Sword
Does medium slashing damage.
- For 1 body point, does more damage.
- For 2 body points, has higher crit, or whatever.
- For 1 mind point, cleave 1/2.
- For 2 mind points, something else complicated.
- For 1 power point, it's flaming.
- For 2 power points, it's flying.
etc
Flames
Does medium fire damage in a cone.
- 1 MP: narrow to a single target for heavy damage.
- 2 MP: wall 1/level
- 3 MP: fire shield
- 1 PP: heavy damage, but light damage to you too.
- 2 PP: heavier damge, but light damage in a burst around you.
- 1 BP: ?