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- character
- The imaginary persona "played" by the player of a RPG.
- Character Build System
- Term for a chargen system in which the player starts with a "default" character (often a "blank slate", with no skills, advantages, or anythihng else) and a pool of points with which he or she can "buy" parts of the character until it approximates the character he or she wants to play. GURPS and Hero are the two most well known RPGs that work this way.
- chargen
- short for character generation, the process of creating a player character for use in a RPG. Usually one of two methods: character build or random-roll, depending on the RPG being used.