Editing Heartstone Codex (section)

=Chargen=
# '''I roll for your stats''' - best 3 of 4d6, in fixed order. I give you a choice of three arrays. I also roll your birth month and day (twice, you choose) - this will give you a Birth Alignment (see Blessed feat below).
# '''We discuss your idea for a character.''' Please give some of the setting stuff a quick read – it is intended to inspire ideas (fingers crossed). 
# '''Choose origins.''' Human is the default race, but there are variants and other races avilable, on the races page. Your homeland will also be a very important choice.
# '''Choose level 1 class.''' Note that some options will make little sense in the current game (e.g. Explorer – it is based on literacy an consulting public libraries all the time). 
# '''Why is your character overwintering at the abbey?''' Some suggestions:
#* member of a religious order (priest, monk, nun, knight), local or visiting – could be one of the abbey illuminators. 
#* member of the local community, or visiting it
#* pilgrim, vagabond or refugee who has been taken in
#* spy (!)
#* other
# '''Make character''', using standard rules but taking note of the following “campaign qualities”:  

''Campaign Qualities Related to Chargen:''
*'''Hyper-fast feats''' - Characters take an extra feat at each level (including 1st)
*'''Characters take a third feat at first character level''', Blessed (i.e. one step along an Alignment Path). This will be determined by the month of the character's birth - I will roll a d12 twice and tell you the two options - you pick one of these. Nota Bene – the esult needn`t be something integral to your character just yet, and it could be something (s)he seeks to resist.
*'''Illiteracy''': No-one is literate unless they have the specific feat, Literacy. Note that there will be alternatives to writing, where it is needed for magic, say. E.g. a fetish could substitute a scroll. My preference is that only one or two characters be literate.
*'''Iconic classes variant:''' No character ''loses'' action dice (or is otherwise penalised) for not taking an iconic class. Instead, they ''gain'' 1 action die if they take that class.

''New Feats:''
*'''Literacy'''. Can only be taken at character level 1. Available to: Explorer, Keeper, Mage, Priest and Mage classes, or to Hathari.
*'''Lock of Hair'''. Some spells which are directed at an individual can be cast without the individual being present, provided the caster has in his/her possession an item belonging to that character, such as a lock of hair. Available spells are those of the following types: Curse, Blessing ...more? ''Trick'': The caster can delay the spell so that it occurs only following some predefined trigger. This costs 1 action die and the associated spell points cannot be recovered until the spell has been triggered.