Partially Limited Characteristics (followup)

[Simon]

Heya Steve!

 

I just wanted to post a quick followup to the question on Partially Limited Characteristics, as I think the angle that the poster was getting at was the rounding rules (and I want to make sure that I'm still doing things right in HD):

 

If a character has 16 CON and then buys +7 CON; OIHID, the way HD is calculating the ED is as follows:

 

16/5 + 7/5 = 3.2 + 1.4 = 3+1 = 4

 

Rounding occurs at each calculation, which is taken to be each incremental purchase of CON. It's done this way because the total CON may include some purchases which are No Figured Characteristics (or other issues in some cases).

 

Is this correct, or should it be 16/5 + 7/5 = 3.2 + 1.4 = 4.6 = 5?

[Steve Long]

You divide each increment separately, since different modifiers can affect them differently. In the example you give, the character would have 4 ED. However, the GM is free to change this rule in the interest of common sense, dramatic sense, simplicity or maintaining game balance.

 

Figured Characteristics are rapidly proving to be far more trouble than they're worth.