In working on Novus/Harn stuff, one thing that I was considering including was Training Packages.
My initial idea is that all Training Packages cost 15 Character Points, and that they can ONLY be gained during character creation (i.e. before 1st level), and that a character may only ever have one Training Package.
In short, the Training Package (working almost identically to the Background Packages) would replace 15 of the 30 Character Points that a character normally receives. Unlike Backgrounds, however, all skill ranks (20 in total) would be specifically assigned. In many Backgrounds, the Combat Skill ranks are left open for the player to place. For Training Packages, if any included weapon skills, those would be specifically assigned.
These Training Packages would have to be for all of the common sort of jobs, and also for specific Guilds (such as the Guild of Arcane Lore - Harnic mages) since that would only leave 15 points for development (enough for a couple of spells and not much more....). Though, on thinking about it, Shek-P'var Training Packages could be Convocation specific and include a spell or two as well...
What I am wanting is feedback from folks on this idea in general....
