Under the Metamorph in Rifter 51 an option is provided to pay extra for an enhancement to have it apply across all forms as opposed to buying it form by form.
My question is would you allow a form to 'opt out' of any such features?
Like say you had 5 forms, but only wanted 4 of them to have the feature, could they pay the 'across all forms' cost (which is much cheaper than buying it for 4 forms) and have the 5th form 'opt out' and not gain the feature?
A Metamorph Question
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A Metamorph Question
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I wouldn't have a problem with it. I'm all for encouraging player diversity and you can't get much more diverse then the Metamorph.
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I would allow it, but I would still have the player pay the full bio-e cost.
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I would also agree with each comment posted above. It sounds feasible via biological construction that an ability and its corresponding organs may simply be dormant in other forms or not fully developed, but the DNA/RNA codes for it are still there so they carry over into any other form as purchased across the board.
Maybe as a "house rule" if you or the GM is generous enough, you can give the player a slight bonus in a different areas for not taking the full plunge in all forms i.e.:
1. Maturation in that form "if" upsizing is reduced in duration requirement by 10-20%.
2. That specific form has half of the Bio-E cost that it would have been spent/utilized on the cost of the Enhancement to spend towards something else for compensation. This slight Bio-E is only proprietary to that form and can not carry over to the total Metamorph Bio-E count.
3. That Metamorph gets a temporary increase in PE or PP when in that form by 1-2 points.
4. Or leave it as is and well enough alone, maybe the player has some thing lined up or a reason why they would opt out for one form to not receive the enhancement. IMHO, Part of good role playing is entertaining such paths.
Maybe as a "house rule" if you or the GM is generous enough, you can give the player a slight bonus in a different areas for not taking the full plunge in all forms i.e.:
1. Maturation in that form "if" upsizing is reduced in duration requirement by 10-20%.
2. That specific form has half of the Bio-E cost that it would have been spent/utilized on the cost of the Enhancement to spend towards something else for compensation. This slight Bio-E is only proprietary to that form and can not carry over to the total Metamorph Bio-E count.
3. That Metamorph gets a temporary increase in PE or PP when in that form by 1-2 points.
4. Or leave it as is and well enough alone, maybe the player has some thing lined up or a reason why they would opt out for one form to not receive the enhancement. IMHO, Part of good role playing is entertaining such paths.
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Re: A Metamorph Question
Slight001 wrote:I wouldn't have a problem with it. I'm all for encouraging player diversity and you can't get much more diverse then the Metamorph.
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