ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

concept only as I can't code but
The Evolving
racials
1st available at lvl 12, only 1 talent lvl, causes you to get 1.1 times the normal amount of category points (retroactive)
2nd available at lvl 12, only 1 talent lvl gives you 1.1 times the normal amount of class points
3rd available at lvl 12, effective lvl 6 gives you 1.1 times the normal amount of generic points
4th requires 3 talents be fully unlocked adds .1 to the amount of category, class and generic points
to balance probably a good idea to add in exp penalties to each talent. (8% reduction per 1st 3 talents, 16% reduction for 4th adding up to a 40% penalty perhaps)
perhaps having the racials give anything but the talent cat point multiplier so as to have no starting exp penalty

(disclaimer, i am in no way representative of the other forum memebers, they will probably be nicer about telling you that its unneeded)

that's not how... ANYTHING works.

1.1, means you get extra one every 10.

for category, that is at lvl 10, 20, 36, and i think maybe 2 more at lvl 50.
that's a total of 5, so you get 0.5 category. what the hell are you going to do with 0.5 of a point? technically, it still can be spend, but seriously?
for class and generics, that would give you around 5 extra points.

then you double this, to get 1 full category, something like 12 extra class, and 10 generics.
if you are not putting points in them, then it doesn't matter.

but then you are lvl 50, invest in all of them, and suddenly you get a WHOLE bunch of points, without any penalty to exp, because the points are retroactive and the exp penalty is not.

if i wanted just more points, i would just use the adjustable talent lvl points addon.
what is this race adding to the player experience?

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this probably came out more angry than needed to be...i am not sorry. others are free to disagree with me and complement 'oh how amazing this idea is'.