help?

hello my name is phil and i am VERY interested in joining "knight realms" i saw the both at VGXPO and it really caught my eye.

i love role playing, having played DnD for a while but wanting more. I will soon be leaving for military service and will only return home for short times so this un-frequent play is what i need.

i really like the monk i think it represents me and the character i want to be. however i am confused on the Build points system.

1.Do you have to spend build points on your race?
it says something like # build points at the top of most race articles. do i pay that

2.How many points do i start with?
in some areas of the website it seems clear but other areas conflict with the starting number

any generial starting tips would be nice

Hi Phil!

It's great to hear you were interested in our booth at VGxpo.  We actually have a few people who go to KR who are in the millitary and only come when they can. 

To answer your questions:

1. You don't need to spend points on a race to BE a race.  How it works is each race gets "Racials" which are their racial benefits/detriments.  You have the starting racials (which are free) and then you can BUY additional racials for build.  There's a list of what racials you can purchase underneath each race list.

2. You start the game with 10 build.  You purchase up to 10 build worth of skills for your first character.  Generally people purchase basic weapon skills (for a monk, "Staff" or "Martial Arts") as their starting out.

Hope this helps, any more questions feel free to ask!

-Wally

i am confusing body points with build points, can someone explain

also ho does Penalized Professions work?

"Penalized Professions
Each character race has a list of professions that can only be acquired by paying an extra build cost. A penalized profession costs fifteen build rather than the usual ten. This additional cost represents that the profession requires mental or physical attributes that are unusual to the race, and therefore learning the profession as that race is a greater challenge than it is for other races.

does this mean i can not start off as a penalized profession?

(i am confusing body points with build points, can someone explain?)

You can only actually start as a profession that is under the "Starting Profession" list for a race.  You can buy into those "Penalized Professions" as a dual class as your character progresses at a rate of 15 build instead of the normal 10.

Body points are how we measure how much damage a character can take before they "Die".  IE: if you have 10 body and get hit for 2 damage 5 times, you are in the starting stage of your death count (You can read more about that in the rule book)

Build points are the points you use to advance your character (Buy body, Buy more skills, Buy more Magic Points etc. etc.).  So when you see a number in parenthisis next to a skill name (IE Critical Attack (2) ) that means it costs 2 build points to learn Critical Attack.  Build is earned by attending events, and also by doing service to the game.

Hope that helps!  Any more questions, feel free to ask!