Resource Points

[Mr. R]

I saw this mentioned on another thread and was wondering what they were and how are they used. Could someone enlighten me please?

 

Jerome

[Koshka]

Re: Resource Points

 

Resource Points are from the new Dark Champions. In a nutshell, they're a pool of points that the character can "spend" on weapons, armor, and other action hero goodies that aren't necessarily going to be permanent possessions.

 

If no one beats me to a more detailed description, I'll post one after I get home from work -- I need to head out, and no internet access there.

[Metaphysician]

Re: Resource Points

 

Its sort of like a modified VPP. You have, say, 60 points of Equipment.

 

What this means is, at any time, you can carry around equipment with total real point cost of 60.

 

The limits are: you must have this equipment in your "arsenal", thus requiring that you first acquire it; its limited to "mundane" technology only ( and higher end stuff like military gear costs perks to get access ); it can only be changed when you have access to an appropriate stockpile; and euipment lost is lost for good, until replaced.

 

There's separate resource point pools for Equipment, Vehicles, Bases/Followers, and Other.

[Mr. R]

Re: Resource Points

 

Thanks for the answers. Sounds interesting. So it's something like Brownie points from the old Super agents book.

 

But how do you use them for bases? and do they cost character points for a base pool?

 

Jerome

[Metaphysician]

Re: Resource Points

 

There's a certain base level that you don't pay for, beyond that, you pay. As for Bases, there is an assumption of sorts that only one Base is used at any given time, with the pool providing justification for auxiliary bases and rebuilding.