Editing Arabian Knights FAQ (section)

==Power/Affluence of the starting PCs Level==

My design goal is to have starting characters be about as powerful and heroic as Luke and Han throughout A New Hope. Basically mooks are no big deal, but trying to cross arms with one of the big NPC's will probably result in the proverbial lightsaber to the face.

The characters are important to the city, but they will need to make a name for themselves as a group. Individually they might be extremely well known, respected, and even feared (which may or may not help them in different situations) or they may be a beggar off the street who's quick with her hands and knows how to pick the right mark for her next scam. Regardless, they are skilled at what they do, and more often than not they'll succeed in the face of a challenge.

These are really great questions guys, and you've helped me really form and process a lot about this setting. It's actually a (very loose) adaptation of a much, much larger sci-fi/space opera setting I've been writing, but I'm more interested in trying out my engine and running a smaller world of a game before launching with the other game quite yet. That being said, I have a very firm grip on the basic system and need to add a simple magic mechanic to really make the thing run. My leaning right now is to make it a separate engine part of the basic character engine rather than try to integrate it into the six functions/specializations part of the character, but I'm open to options at this point.