Racial Secondary Characteristic Modifiers

These work much as do racial
attribute modifiers. The main differ-
ence is the point cost: ±1 to HP costs
±2 points; ±1 to FP costs ±3 points;
and ±0.25 to Basic Speed or ±1 to Will,
Perception, or Basic Move costs ±5
points.
Example: A racial -0.75 to Basic
Speed would cost -15 points. A racial
template with this modifier would
note “Basic Speed-0.75 [-15].”
A member of a race with such
modifiers calculates his basic second-
ary characteristics from his attributes
as usual, after applying all racial
attribute modifiers. He may buy these
characteristics up or down, as usual.
After that, he applies racial secondary
characteristic modifiers to find his
final scores.
Example: A member of a race with
DX+2, HT+1, and Basic Speed-0.75
buys a personal DX 12 [40], HT 12
[20]. His racial attribute modifiers
make this DX 14, HT 13. These attrib-
utes give Basic Speed 6.75. Next, he
buys his Basic Speed up to 7.75, for 20
points. At the very end, he applies his
racial Basic Speed-0.75 to get a final
Basic Speed 7.00.