Humanoid Pretenders are too expensive

[SelfishGene]

Although not possessing the stamina for a lengthy debate right now, i'm absolutely certain humanoid pretenders are simply not cost effective.

Why does the Manticore and Nataraja, decent fighters with reasonable or good starting dominions, cost 0 points, when the Crone, with 6 hp and 6 str, 1 dominion and no magic, costs 25 points?

Human pretenders are investments in POTENTIAL. There is no way to make a decent humanoid pretender without fronting a huge number of points.

Just some examples

50 point Human chassis, 10/path, no magic;
Dom-4, All Magic Paths-2 : 300 points, w/1-Blood: 284
Dom-4, All Paths-3 : 492 points, w/1-Blood: 452
Dom-4, Paths-4 : 748

And other Pretenders in comparison:
Son of Neifel
Water-9, Earth-4, Dom-6 : 466 points

Earth Mother
Earth-4, Nature-4, Dom-6 : 213 points

Vampire Queen
Fire-2, Air-4, Water-2, Earth-2, Death-3, Blood-2, Dom-4 : 435 points

Golden Naga
All Paths 3, no blood, Dom-4 : 510 points

Between a no-blood 3 Naga and a n.b. 3 Rainbow, there is only a 70 point difference! And thats with the double path costs!

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All Human Pretenders should cost -25 points. The Crone imo should be free. Adjust from there.

[ May 01, 2004, 04:00: Message edited by: SelfishGene ]