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Character Building Guide

The document outlines a character creation guide for a role-playing game, detailing aspects such as background, archetypes, career skills, experience points, derived attributes, motivation, and gear. It emphasizes the importance of character traits, including strengths, flaws, desires, and fears, as well as the narrative-driven nature of the game. Additionally, it mentions bonus heroic abilities for expanded content in larger campaigns.

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Character Building Guide

The document outlines a character creation guide for a role-playing game, detailing aspects such as background, archetypes, career skills, experience points, derived attributes, motivation, and gear. It emphasizes the importance of character traits, including strengths, flaws, desires, and fears, as well as the narrative-driven nature of the game. Additionally, it mentions bonus heroic abilities for expanded content in larger campaigns.

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1.

Background
- Where do you come from?
- Who is your family?
- What is your social standing?
- How old are you?
- What do you think of the world you live in?
- Why did you leave home?

2. Archetype/Species
- Humans have 4 different archetypes
- Extra species only for certain settings (duh)

3. Career
- Determines Career Skills (easier to buy)
- Earn starting ranks in four Career Skills

4. EXP Points
- Starting EXP based on Archetype/Species
- Characteristics
- Cost = purchased rank * 10
- Cannot go above 5
- Cannot level up after character creation
- Skills
- Career Skills cost = purchased rank * 5
- Non-Career Skills cost = purchased rank * 5 + 5
- Cannot go above 5.
- Can be leveled up after character creation
- Talents
- cost = purchased tier * 5
- Must have lower tier talent to gain higher tier talent in the same row

5. Derived Attributes
- Wound Threshold
- Archetype/Species + Brawn
- Strain Threshold
- Archetype/Species + Willpower
- Defense
- Item/Talent based
- Should be 0 in most cases
- Soak Value
- Equal to Brawn
- Can be increased with Talents/Armor

6. Motivation
- Strength
- What is your best feature?
- "[The] first thing you'd put on your character's resume."
- Flaw
- What makes you human?
- Remember to play off of this feature
- Desire
- What is the key motive driving you?
- Will probably be used to develop story
- Creativity encouraged here
- Fear
- What do you dread?

7. Gear, Appearance, and Personality


-Gear
- 500 base starting "currency"
- Talk to GM to determine what gear can be purchased
- Add 1d100 to total "currency" once gear is purchased
- Appearance
- What would go on your driver's license?
- If someone was describing you, what would they say?
- What's one body modification that makes sense?
-Tattoo, dyed hair, nose piercing, scar, missing limb, etc.
- Personality
- Consider how backstory may influence
- Start simple and character will evolve
- Narrative-Driven game

BONUS HEROIC ABILITIES


- Expansion content
- Will create unique abilities for bigger campaigns
- Leave blank for early campaigns

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