Cyllian:Character Creation

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Character Creation

• Choose a class: Warrior, Sorcerer, Rogue
• Select an attribute to be favored. Record it.
  • Strength: Bonus added to every damage die in melee combat, as well as a general bonus to skill checks involving Strength.
  • Intelligence: Bonus added to starting skill points and must be favored by Sorcerers to get access to the most powerful spells.
  • Wisdom: Bonus added to the ability to read people and situations, and as a bonus against mind altering magic.
  • Constitution: Bonus added to Vitality and Hit Points at every advancement, in addition to a bonus for saves against disease and poison.
  • Dexterity: Bonus added to missile combat in addition to any skill checks involving hand-eye coordination.
  • Charisma: Bonus added to all Reaction Rolls and determines total number of loyal retainers a character can have.
• Optional: select a second attribute to be favored and select an attribute to be exceptionable. Record both.
• Determine Vitality: Record 5 +/- Constitution adjustment. This is the character's physical ability to absorb damage. All damage to Vitality is physical wounds that can incapacitate, permanently injure, or possibly kill the character.
• Determine Hit Points: Record 12 for a Warrior, 8 for a Rogue, and 4 for a Sorcerer. Add 4 if the character has advantaged Constitution. Likewise subtract 4 if the character has exceptionable Constitution. Hit Points represent the combination of skill, experience, luck, innate magic, and blessing of the gods that allows a powerful character to avoid attacks that would grievously wound lesser people. So long as a character has Hit Points, no hit is considered to have done physical damage to the character.
• Record 600 Experience Points.
• Write down all given class abilities up to 4th level and select pertinent class abilities.
  • Warrior: Record +2 Combat Bonus, 4 Damage Dice, +1 Saving Throws, and Select a Combat Style.
  • Sorcerer: Record +2 Magic Bonus, +1 Saving Throws vs. Spells, and Select two Complexity 1 and two Complexity 2 spells.
  • Rogue: Record +1 Combat Bonus, +1 Magic Bonus, 2 Damage Dice, +1 Saving Throws, and Select two Complexity 1 spells.
• Select Starting Equipment:
  • Warrior: any armor, weapons to match the character's Combat Style, a dagger, standard adventurer pack.
  • Sorcerer: light armor, a single weapon of choice, and a standard adventurer pack.
  • Rogue: light armor, two weapons of choice, and a standard adventurer pack.
  • All: start with 20 xxx. With Charisma bonus double, with Charisma disadvantage, halve.
• Start play!