I think I’ve been misreading the character sheet and stopping my players from nabbing advances more freely from other playbooks.
So, uh. The three dots next to the Veteran Advance. That’s not how many advances you would need to get a playbook ability from another source. That’s how many playbook abilities from other sources you can get, total, right?
It makes a lot more sense this way, but previously I just assumed that Blades is a lot more niche-defined, and you only dabble in other playbooks when you run out of stuff to do on your own.
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Definitely the second. It’d be pretty ridiculous otherwise.
Notice how the dots aren’t connected. That means each dot is enough to get the ability. Unlike the gear that has two connected dots, where you need to fill both to get it.
I was reading the three dots like I read most of the XP-related things on that sheet – as a fillable bar.
The alternative makes a lot more sense in hindsight, sure. Just didn’t have occasion to think about it too much until John’s last game video.
Yep, you can take the veteran advance 3 times.
I got that one wrong too. I thought it was 3 for 1.
I used to have a line explaining that on the Character Creation page, but I guess I cut it for space at some point. I’ll be sure to include it in the future.