Experience
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Experience points in this game are gained by the use of clever ideas or
actions, fancy stunts or manuvers, or anything else which is difficult.
Since there are no "Experience Levels" as such in this game, exp points are
used a little differently. Although they *can* be used for permanent bonuses
and enhancements, exp points are mainly used for aiding one-time critical or
crucial actions succeed. Many times in anime and manga and a lot of other
things, you'll see the hero do something near impossible or just *happen* to
hit a crucial point at a crucial time and thereby win the battle. Well,
that's where exp points come into play. They can be used to modify strike
rolls, damage, super powers, etc. They allow the puny shepherd boy armed with
a slingshot and a beach stone to defeat the 9 foot tall iron-armored
sword-weilding warrior in one shot.
How to get experience:
Action Exp Gained
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Exceptional role-playing 10-40
Good idea or action 5-30
Natural skill roll 01 10
Natural combat roll 00 10
Risk Life to save other 50-100
Creative use of Bad Powers 5-20
Fancy manuvers/attacks 5
(if successful)
Difficult, fancy manuvers/attacks 10
(if successful)
Completeing a minor quest 10-20
Completeing a major quest 35-100
Doing something silly (appropriately) 2
Inventive use of equipment 2-10
Defeating your arch nemisis 50-75
How to use experience:
Temporary Effects
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Bonus Exp Cost
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Raise or lower any roll by 2 1
Raise or lower any damage by 1 2
Raise or lower another's roll by 1 1
Raise or lower another's damage by 1 5
Cause an enemy to stall for 1 round 10
(this is subject to the "Conservation
of Firepower" law.)
Neutralize 1 L1 Bad Thing for 1 round 10
" L2 " " " " 20
" L3 " " " " 60
Use double efficiency Super Power for 1
round
L1 25
L2 50
L3 150
Suspend any Anime Law for 1 round 20
+1 SMP Point 1
+1 temporary MP 1
Immideately use an ability you don't have 25
enough power to use (falls unconscious
afterwards)
Immideately use an ability you don't have 50
at all
Remain conscious below 0 HP 10/rd
Remain alive below -(Hit Points) HP 20/rd
Permanent Effects
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+1 Attribute Point 20
+1 Skill Point 10
+1 Magic Point Max 20
Learn new spell 100
+1 SF Point added to a power the
character already has 50
1 SF Point for creating a new power 100
Learn new force power 100
Learn new minor ability 100
Gain new super power
L1 250
L2 500
L3 1500
Remove bad thing
L1 250
L2 500
L3 1500
For permanent effects, you can't just spend 100 exp and suddenly get +5 to
your Strength. Each attribute, each skill (not only HPs), each super power,
and everything else in this game has a current value and a max value. If a
player uses exp to boost his/her character's attributes or skills or powers,
he/she is raising the max value. In order to bring the current up to the max,
he/she must spend time in training. So, in the previous example, you could
spend 100 exp and raise your MAX strength by 5, but in order to GET it up to
max, you must work out. Or, for a mental attribute like logic, you must
spend some time alone thinking or meditating. For raising skills, the
character must train. For learning new spells or raising Control of Element
level, you must study and experiment.
As for the permanent gaining of new super powers and the removal of bad
things, the character must go on a quest by him/herself relating to the power
in question. For example, if a character wants to get rid of Cold Water
Curse, perhaps he has to go on a quest to find a magical item which removes
his/her curse.