Character Creation
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:06 am
Guidelines for Character Creation
Please create your characters according to Part 2 of the Basic Fantasy RPG rulebook. For your character’s abilities, you should pick one of the randomly pre-rolled profiles below (first come, first served - each profile can only be used once):
All of the above profiles are “non-hopeless” as discussed on page 139 of the rulebook. In terms of customisation, you may exchange ONE pair of ability scores to suit your preferred class. The only other type of adjustment that is permitted is any minor modification that might be required in order to satisfy any racial minimums or maximums; if you are thinking of doing this, please get in touch and we’ll work out the details.
In terms of hit points, FOR THE FIRST LEVEL ONLY, I will allow you to take an automatic maximum die roll. Things are tough enough for new adventurers without having to worry about 1 HP fighters. For second level and above, you’re at the mercy of the dice.
Other than that, it’s exactly as the rulebook. Once you’ve finalised your race and class, let me know and I’ll allocate money. You can purchase anything that is listed on pages 10 and 11 of the rulebook (provided that you can afford it of course!).
If you have any questions, please post them below in this topic.
Please post your completed characters in the separate ‘Character Roster’ topic. In this way we can keep the ‘Character Roster’ topic clean for easy reference during play, and leave this topic here for all the character creation questions, dice rolling, haggling,etc.
Finally, have a think about your character’s background and motivations, but do not detail them openly in the forum, at least to start with. The campaign assumes that, at least to start with, you are all more-or-less strangers to one another and have been independently drawn to (or perhaps already reside in) the village of Marketstone* after seeing a poster offering a reward for a missing individual. Your backgrounds should then come out (or not, as the case may be) during the course of the adventures. If there is anything in your character’s background that you feel I ought to know as GM so that we can reflect it in the campaign, you can PM me. Of course there is nothing to stop you posting the general appearance and demeanor of your characters, as these will be readily apparent to your fellow player characters.
*I’ll post some background details on Marketstone shortly.
Please create your characters according to Part 2 of the Basic Fantasy RPG rulebook. For your character’s abilities, you should pick one of the randomly pre-rolled profiles below (first come, first served - each profile can only be used once):
All of the above profiles are “non-hopeless” as discussed on page 139 of the rulebook. In terms of customisation, you may exchange ONE pair of ability scores to suit your preferred class. The only other type of adjustment that is permitted is any minor modification that might be required in order to satisfy any racial minimums or maximums; if you are thinking of doing this, please get in touch and we’ll work out the details.
In terms of hit points, FOR THE FIRST LEVEL ONLY, I will allow you to take an automatic maximum die roll. Things are tough enough for new adventurers without having to worry about 1 HP fighters. For second level and above, you’re at the mercy of the dice.
Other than that, it’s exactly as the rulebook. Once you’ve finalised your race and class, let me know and I’ll allocate money. You can purchase anything that is listed on pages 10 and 11 of the rulebook (provided that you can afford it of course!).
If you have any questions, please post them below in this topic.
Please post your completed characters in the separate ‘Character Roster’ topic. In this way we can keep the ‘Character Roster’ topic clean for easy reference during play, and leave this topic here for all the character creation questions, dice rolling, haggling,etc.
Finally, have a think about your character’s background and motivations, but do not detail them openly in the forum, at least to start with. The campaign assumes that, at least to start with, you are all more-or-less strangers to one another and have been independently drawn to (or perhaps already reside in) the village of Marketstone* after seeing a poster offering a reward for a missing individual. Your backgrounds should then come out (or not, as the case may be) during the course of the adventures. If there is anything in your character’s background that you feel I ought to know as GM so that we can reflect it in the campaign, you can PM me. Of course there is nothing to stop you posting the general appearance and demeanor of your characters, as these will be readily apparent to your fellow player characters.
*I’ll post some background details on Marketstone shortly.