Mano a Mano:Build Development

Build Development

The maximum speed, toughness, agility and power a character can develop is the same as the the maximum speed, toughness, agility and power of new characters. These limitations are affected by a template's variability. (See Character Creation/Build and Character Creation.)

Developing Toughness (3 CP per level)

Developing toughness increases the amount of damage and stun a character can take before being incapacitated. Suppose a character with 5 template toughness has 0 extra toughness, so his total toughness is 5. If the character works on increasing his toughness for a couple of years and gains 6 CP worth of toughness, then he will gain 2 toughness so his total toughness is now 7. When a character's toughness increases, his stamina increases by twice as much because stamina is 2 times toughness.

Developing Power (5 CP per level)

When a character's power increases, his weapon power, CC, encumbrance, stride, water, air or climbing movement may also change. Suppose a character has 3 template power and 0 extra power CP, so the character has 0 extra power and 3 total power. If the character gains 20 extra power CP, his extra power will increase to 1, and his total power will be 4 (3 template power plus 1 extra power.) The character's natural weapon power will increase to 4 and the power of his hand weapons will increase to 4 unless they are already greater than 4. His carrying capacity will increase from 2 kg to 3 kg. If the character was carrying 6 kg of equipment then his encumbrance will decrease from 3 to 2. (6 divided by 2 is 3, but 6 divided by 3 is only 2.) This would also increase his stride, water movement and air movement by 1 m, and his climbing movement by 0.1 m. (See Character Creation/Encumbrance and Movement.)

Developing Speed (20 CP)

A character can even increase his speed if he gains enough extra CP through training and experience. This has the same effect as the more speed option when creating new characters. If the character was created with more speed than the average speed for his template, he cannot develop even more speed through training and experience. Suppose a character has 1 template speed and 0 extra speed CP, so he has 0 extra speed and 1 total speed. If the character eventually acquires 20 CP of extra speed CP, his extra speed will increase to 1 and his total speed will be 2. (1 template speed plus 1 total speed.)

Developing Agility (10 CP per level)

When a character's agility increases, his attack modifiers and defense should be updated. Suppose a character has 3 template agility and 0 extra agility, so his total agility is 3. After many years of intense training he increases his total agility to 4 (which is worth about 10 CP.) All of his attack modifiers, the defense of each striking weapon, melee defense and missile defense will also increase by 1.