General question about portfolios

[jfrazierjr]

So, I don't know if this is depending upon the game system or not(and in case it is, right this second I am talking about Savage Worlds), but I am wondering about something.

When a portfolio is saved, does it keep track of the order picks were taken in(even across thinks of different type). Likewise does it keep track of if the pick was taken as part of initial creation OR during advancements?


For the first question for example, during creation, I put 2 points into Agility which increases my agility from d4 to d8.

I then add 3 points to the Fighting Skill which increases my Fighting from d4 to d10.

I then go back to Add another point to Agility and it is increased to d10


So what i am asking is, does the portfolio contain something like(please note that this is a generic representation of the concept, not what I am expecting to see):

<Agility from="d4" to="d6" />
<Agility from="d6" to="d8" />
<Fighting from="d4" to="d6" />
<Fighting from="d6" to="d8" />
<Fighting from="d8" to="d10" />
<Agility from="d8" to="d10" />




I took a look in a test portfolio and could not make heads or tales of the contents.. This is important as in Savage Worlds, the order of how things are chosen is important for the math and I MAY have a need to reverse engineer save portfolio and rebuild a character. In essence, I have a few existing characters but am considering re-writing the Savage Worlds using the Authoring Kit and want to make sure I can completely rebuild the existing characters exactly as they are.