Character Creation

Creating a character

Follow the steps outlined in this chapter to create a player character. Unlike in other similar games, character creation is fully randomised. You can use the online character generator to instantly create characters with a click.

With the GM agreement, players can also pick and choose what they want at different steps, or tweak their character to their liking. Before doing that though, think if you really need that: it can be extremely fun to play an unexpected and unusual character!

These creation rules apply to player characters only. The GM is free to define other characters to their liking.

1. Abilities

Roll a d8 on the table below to determine an array of 3 ability scores, then assign them randomly.

Roll a d3 to assign the highest score: 1) STR; 2) AGI; 3) WIT.
Roll a d2 to assign the middle score, skipping over the previously assigned ability.
Assign the lowest score to the last remaining ability.

D8	Ability scores	D8	Ability scores
1	8, 7, 7	2	8, 8, 6
3	9, 7, 6	4	9, 8, 5
5	10, 6, 6	6	10, 7, 5
7	11, 6, 5	8	12, 5, 5

2. Career

Roll a d12 and a d4 on the table below to determine your career. Reroll if you get the same as another player. Read its description in the Careers section below and update your abilities, skills, and trappings as indicated.

D12\D4	1	2	3	4
1	Acrobat	Agitator	Apothecary	Artisan
2	Assassin	Barbarian	Barber-surgeon	Beast tamer
3	Beggar	Boatman	Bodyguard	Bone-picker
4	Bounty hunter	Brawler	Burglar	Charlatan
5	Coach driver	Cutpurse	Duellist	Fire eater
6	Fisherman	Footpad	Gambler	Guard
7	Hunter	Jester	Knight	Labourer
8	Messenger	Miner	Noble	Peasant
9	Pedlar	Physician	Priest	Rat catcher
10	Scholar	Sharpshooter	Slayer	Soldier
11	Soothsayer	Sorcerer	Storyteller	Thug
12	Tomb robber	Witch hunter	Woodsman	Zealot

3. Advancement

Roll a d4 on the advancement table below and either acquire a skill or increase the ability scores as indicated.

D4	Advancement
1	+1 STR, +1 AGI
2	+1 STR, +1 WIT
3	+1 AGI, +1 WIT
4	Roll a d20 and a d4 for an additional skill on the table below. Re-roll if you already have that skill.

D20\D4	1	2	3	4
1	Acrobatics	Acting	Alert	Ambidextrous
2	Animal handling	Apothecary	Bargaining	Battle frenzy
3	Blather	Boating	Brave	Brawling
4	Burglary	Bushcraft	Charm	Cleave
5	Climbing	Consume alcohol	Contortionist	Crafting
6	Darksight	Disarm	Disease resistance	Divination
7	Dodge blows	Drive carts	Dueling	Erudite
8	Faithful	Farming	Fire-eating	Fishing
9	Fleet-footed	Frugal	Gambling	Gossip
10	Heal	Hunt	Incorruptible	Intimidate
11	Languages	Leadership	Lucky	Magic sense
12	Magic shield	Medicine	Monster slaying	Pack rat
13	Piercing strike	Play games	Poison resistance	Protect
14	Ride	Saint	Shield mastery	Skilled blow
15	Skilled shot	Sneak attack	Sorcery	Steady aim
16	Stealing	Stealth	Storytelling	Strike to injure
17	Strike to stun	Swimming	Taunt	Tough
18	True grit	Use poison	Witchcraft	Wrestling
19	Literate	Literate	Literate	Literate
20	Literate	Literate	Literate	Literate

4. Additional items

In addition to what is provided by your career, you start with a waterskin and another additional item rolled wht a d10 and a d6 on the table below.

D10\D6	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Light weapon	Simple hand weapon	Simple great weapon	Martial hand weapon	Martial great weapon	Missile hand weapon
2	Missile great weapon	Handgun	Long gun	Mancatcher	Net	Acid vial
3	Blessed water	Fire bomb	Flash powder	Oil flask	Smoke bomb	Warm clothes
4	Shield	Light armour (rusty chainmail, fragile)	Demon blood	Arcane scroll	Sacred scroll	Healing kit
5	Healing draught	Antidote (generic)	Cure (generic)	Corpse mandrake	Crimson weed	Darkroot
6	Mad mushroom	Pipeweed	Corrupting poison (d3: 1) bloodstream; 2) ingested; 3) inhaled.)	Deadly poison (d3: 1) bloodstream; 2) ingested; 3) inhaled.)	Lethal poison (d3: 1) bloodstream; 2) ingested; 3) inhaled.)	Paralysing poison (d3: 1) bloodstream; 2) ingested; 3) inhaled.)
7	Soporific poison (d3: 1) bloodstream; 2) ingested; 3) inhaled.)	Apothecary kit	Burglary kit	Camping kit	Climbing kit	Cooking kit
8	Disguise kit	Divination kit	Fishing kit	Navigation kit	Repair kit	Surgery kit
9	Torture kit	Trapping kit	Writing kit	Animal trophy (wolf pelt, medium size)	Bear trap	Caltrops
10	Chess set	Lockbox	Lucky charm	Music instrument (flute)	Oil lamp	Rope

5. Spells

If you start with a sacred scroll, an arcane scroll, the saint skill, or the witchcraft skill, roll for the associated spell on the matching table below.

Sacred spells

D6\D2	1	2
1	Aegis of Faith	Bless Water
2	Call to Judgement	Chant of Banishment
3	Chant of Unbroken Bravery	Prayer of Absolution
4	Saint Austeria's Miracle of Healing	Sanctuary of Purity
5	Sigil of the Exorcist	The Martyr's Burden
6	Watch Over the Final Repose	White Flame of Sarush

Arcane spells

D12\D2	1	2
1	Astro's Magnificent Lock	Awaken the Eternal Servant
2	Bestial Metamorphosis	Bewitch
3	Blessing of the Deep One	Burning Fire of Vengeance
4	Chaotic Miasma of Change	Damnable Conjuration of Morkarr
5	Deathly Curse of Tramar	Deceitful Demise
6	Doom Covenant	Dreadful Leech
7	Flawed Resurrection of Görst	Mindworm
8	Mirtello's Most Excellent Illusion	Occult Consultation
9	Pankratius's Blast of Vengeance	Plaguebearer's Gift
10	Shroud of Quietness	Sorcerer's Tongue
11	Swift Chariot of the Winds	Taste of Fire
12	Unbind the Chains of the Soul	Way of the Ten Thousand Steps

6. Secondary properties

Health equals your STR, plus 3 if you have the tough skill.
Armour is 0 unless increased by gear.
Corruption starts at 0.
Omens start at 2, plus 1 if you have the lucky skill.
Mana starts at 0, or 1 if you have the sorcery skill.
Size is medium.
Carry limit is 16.

7. Name and description

Name and portray your character using words, drawings, or a combination of the two, as you prefer. You can roll on the following tables for inspiration. To determine a random age between 16 and 55, roll: 10×d4 + d10 + 5. To determine your sex randomly, roll a d2: 1) female; 2) male.

Appearance

D20\D2	1	2
1	Quite short, you get mad when someone points it.	Very tall, you often bump your head.
2	Worryingly thin, sickly and emaciated.	Corpulent, your belly shakes when you run or laugh.
3	Ugly, but confident.	Good looking, hopelessly vain.
4	Filthy, your stench fills the room.	Very clean, you try to wash yourself every day.
5	Decaying teeth, bad breath.	Beautiful teeth, constantly smiling.
6	Plain features, your face is hard to remember.	Exotic features, your ancestors hail from a distant land.
7	Bad posture, slouching and hunching.	Perfect posture, straight and proud.
8	Glabrous, not a single hair grows on your body or face.	Very hairy, they call you the Bear.
9	Perfect diction, no accent.	Strong accent, people struggle to understand you.
10	Rough skin, callous and scarred.	Oily skin, punctuated with boils and pustules.
11	Perfect skin, smooth as silk.	Large birthmark, surely proof of noble ancestry.
12	Noticeable tattoo, representing something important to you.	Many piercings, your face looks like a jewellery store.
13	Bald, either by choice or by necessity.	Long and luscious hair, your pride and joy.
14	Dyed hair, in a flashy colour.	Unusual hairstyle, sure to attract attention.
15	Pox scars, all over your body and face.	Blade scar, you lost a fight but were spared.
16	Claw marks, you have nightmares about it.	Burn scar, your home was once put to the torch.
17	Noose mark, you escaped the gallows.	Ritual scars, self-inflicted.
18	Missing finger, memory of a past misadventure.	Missing toe, you walk with a slight limp.
19	Missing ear, a punishment for a past deed.	Missing tooth, lost in a brawl.
20	Staring, with a manic gaze.	Red nose, swollen and itchy.

Personality

D20\D2	1	2
1	Arrogant, you think you are always right.	Humble, you don't give yourself enough credit.
2	Craven, you sweat profusely when afraid.	Brave, you are convinced you can't be defeated.
3	Cautious, you are never at the front when danger lurks.	Impulsive, you have come close to death more than once.
4	Decadent, you can't resist wordly pleasures.	Stoic, you refuse any form of luxury.
5	Misanthrope, you have no qualms hurting fellow humans.	Altruist, always looking out for others.
6	Solitary, you only feel at ease by yourself.	Sociable, you definitely speak too much.
7	Deceitful, you lie almost instinctively.	Honest, or at least more honest than most.
8	Lazy, hard work is for losers.	Energetic, you can't stay still.
9	Condescending, everyone is dumber than you.	Respectful, you try to avoid conflict when possible.
10	Competitive, you throw a tantrum when you lose.	Apathetic, you just go through the motions.
11	Submissive, it's easier to just follow others.	Bossy, you constantly order people around.
12	Superstitious, you hoard useless trinkets.	Sceptical, it's hard to change your mind.
13	Naive, you are convinced there is good in everyone.	Experienced, you have learnt from past misadventures.
14	Wicked, nothing is wrong as long as it benefits you.	Righteous, you can't stand to see a wrong go unpunished.
15	Irreverent, constantly badmouthing the authorities.	Pious, frequently muttering prayers.
16	Sarcastic, borderline offensive.	Stern, nobody has seen you smile.
17	Reserved, the less people know about you, the better.	Braggart, always talking loudly about your exploits.
18	Tactful, sometimes almost too subtle.	Blunt, like a flail to the face.
19	Silent, you only say what's essential.	Chatty, you can talk for hours without pause.
20	Pragmatic, the end result is all that matters.	Idealistic, you have principles and stand by them.

Goal

D10\D2	1	2
1	You seek excitement, you couldn't stand your tedious and repetitive existence.	You crave knowledge, you want to learn more about the world.
2	You want to forget your terrible past, being on the road will keep you distracted.	Your only desire is to serve your god, reward will come in the afterlife.
3	You wish to improve the world, to hell with the doomsayers!	You seek fame, minstrels shall tell your tale for centuries to come!
4	You seek redemption, your past is marred by a terrible stain.	You want money, a lot of money.
5	You were tired and sick of your pathetic life, you seek new thrills and challenges.	You seek vengeance, someone close to you was murdered.
6	You are running away, someone is hunting you for a past crime.	You want to better yourself, your past life didn't challenge you enough.
7	You want to prove you can handle yourself.	You have a duty to uphold, you are honour-bound to it.
8	You seek a honourable death, you'd rather not die a craven old man.	You want to save the Kingdom, and maybe this whole dying world.
9	You have set out to find your long lost uncle, but have no idea where to start.	You just want to fight, kill, and spill blood.
10	A beautiful visitor appeared in your dreams, asking you to find them.	You just live by the day, you are glad as long as there is food on the table.

Masculine names

D20\D4	1	2	3	4
1	Adalbert	Allwin	Alard	Aaldred
2	Alexander	Alured	Amaury	Amairic
3	Anselm	Arnald	Baldric	Baldwin
4	Balthasar	Bertram	Blackwin	Colin
5	Constantine	David	Edwin	Elias
6	Helyas	Engeram	Ernald	Eustace
7	Fabian	Fordwin	Fulk	Gamel
8	Geoffrey	Gerard	Gervase	Gilbert
9	Giles	Gladwin	Godwin	Grimald
10	Guy	Hamo	Hamond	Harding
11	Henry	Herlewin	Hervey	Hugh
12	James	Jocelin	John	Lawrence
13	Leofwin	Martin	Maurice	Meginhard
14	Michael	Nigel	Norman	Nicholas
15	Odo	Osbert	Peter	Pippin
16	Philip	Ralf	Ranulf	Richard
17	Robert	Samer	Savaric	Simon
18	Stephan	Terric	Theobald	Thomas
19	Thurstan	Umfrey	Waleran	Warin
20	Werinbert	William	Wilmarc	Ymbert

Feminine names

D20\D4	1	2	3	4
1	Ada	Adallinda	Adaltrude	Agnes
2	Albreda	Aldith	Aldusa	Alice
3	Alina	Amanda	Amiria	Annabel
4	Annora	Avelina	Avice	Beatrice
5	Basilea	Bela	Berta	Bertrada
6	Carlotta	Celestria	Cecilia	Clarice
7	Constance	Desdemona	Dionisia	Edith
8	Eleanor	Elizabeth	Estrilda	Isabel
9	Felicia	Fina	Gersvinda	Gisela
10	Golda	Gundred	Haunild	Hawisa
11	Helena	Helewise	Hildegarde	Ida
12	Ingrid	Ireena	Isolda	Joan
13	Juliana	Katherine	Laetitia	Liecia
14	Linota	Lora	Lucretia	Lucia
15	Mabel	Malota	Margaret	Margery
16	Marsilia	Mary	Mathilda	Mazelina
17	Millicent	Muriel	Nesta	Ophelia
18	Philippa	Petronilla	Primeveire	Richenda
19	Roesia	Rothaide	Sabina	Sarah
20	Serena	Susanna	Sybilla	Theodelinda

Last names

D20\D4	1	2	3	4
1	Albon	Alder	Applebottom	Atterberry
2	Ayers	Barnes	Bigelow	Blacklock
3	Charker	Coppard	Crask	Crathorne
4	Daintith	Deane	Dodd	Duguid
5	Easterbrook	Elwood	Fairclough	Fayne
6	Fitt	Freeman	Goodacre	Gorsuch
7	Gowing	Graves	Griswold	Grosseteste
8	Hackett	Hawthorne	Hogben	Holdman
9	Holmes	Horscroft	Inglett	Jepson
10	Kidner	Knowles	Laidler	Laverick
11	Limmer	Luffman	Mabey	Marsh
12	Mawdesley	Millerchip	Mincer	Moore
13	Mowell	Muckle	Myres	Naldrett
14	Nesmith	Newby	Nigh	Nottage
15	Odom	Paine	Palfrey	Pedler
16	Pettengill	Pickerill	Porteous	Postle
17	Provan	Quinnel	Rattue	Reep
18	Rountree	Sadd	Scroggs	Sisley
19	Smitherman	Tamblyn	Thew	Thorburn
20	Thurgood	Waghorn	Wanless	Woods

8. Relationships

After all player characters have been created, describe how they know each other. Go around the table and define a relationship for each pair of players sitting next to each other, excluding the last pair. You can roll on the table below for inspiration.

D10\D2	1	2
1	Met in prison, spent a few years there together.	Fought a war together, they share terrible memories.
2	Met in a tavern, became friends after a few drinks.	Used to serve the same master.
3	Have been travelling together for safety for a while.	Are childhood friends and grew up together. Good memories.
4	Are relatives, they can't stand each other but they still care.	Have a common acquaintance who introduced them to each other.
5	Studied under the same mentor.	Are the sole survivors of a previous adventuring company.
6	Are the only ones who were spared from a ravaged village.	Were accomplices in crime. They were never caught.
7	Are mentor and pupil.	Are master and servant.
8	Just met the other day, but get along surprisingly well.	Come from the same village, but barely talked before.
9	Worked together in the past, they share many memories.	Come from two families with close ties.
10	Are the only witnesses of something weird and terrible, nobody else believes them.	Share a common secret, they don't talk about it.

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