The Protaganists
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 1:27 pm
This thread is for creating and discussing the characters you'll be playing
We'll be using the WOC2 Article - The Good, The Bad and the Utterly Insane for rules and character creation. A blank character sheet template can be found here. You will see from the sheet that there are new skills available.
Basic character creation is per standard rules.
Roll 3d6 each for STR, CON, POW, DEX, and APP.
Roll 2d6+6 each for SIZ and INT.
Roll 3d6+3 for EDU.
Personal Wealth will largely be determined by your character concept and Keeper fiat.
You can use Invisible Castle to make your rolls for character creation. You'll need to register and log in there in order to make entries in the Note section describing what you're rolling, but it's free. In the Character Name box, put the character's name, and be sure to use the same spelling consistently to make it easier to look up old rolls. For example: John Doe. Use The train to Hell for the campaign name.
Those are the only rolls you need to make for character creation. You are free to distribute the 3d6 rolls among the five stats that are rolled on 3d6, as well as to choose which 2d6+6 roll goes to SIZ and which to INT. If you're still not satisfied with your rolls, let me know and we'll work something out. If your rolls are abnormally low, I may permit a re-roll of the entire set.
You'll also need to decide on your character's age. The minimum age allowed is EDU+6, but you can always choose to make your character older. For every 10 full years above the minimum, you get +1 to your EDU (which also gets you an extra 20 occupational skill points). However, for every full 10 years above 40 (i.e., starting at age 50), you must reduce one of the following stats by 1: STR, CON, DEX, or APP.
Your character has the following derived stats:
Idea: INT x 5
Luck: POW x 5
Know: EDU x 5 (maximum of 99)
Damage Bonus: Calculate STR+SIZ and consult the following table
12 or less: -1d6
13-16: -1d4
17-24: +0
25-32: +1d4
33 or more: +1d6
Maximum Hit Points: (CON+SIZ)/2 (round fractions up)
Maximum Magic Points: POW
Starting Sanity: POW x 5
Skills:
We'll be using the Careers and Backgrounds(if chosen) from the WOC2 article. If you don't feel any of the careers is a good fit for your character concept then PM me - we'll see what we can work out.
You get 20 x EDU skill points to spend on your career skills plus 10 x INT skill points for anything else.
The only skill that cannot be raised is Cthulhu Mythos, which always starts at 0%. The other skills have base levels of 1% or higher, and the points you spend add to those base levels. Use the skill list provided on the Character sheet.
Starting skills should not be higher than 75 without a good reason which should be clear in your character concept. Older, more experienced characters are more likely to have exceptionally high skills, so they'll get more leeway in this area than youngsters. In any event, you shouldn't have any skill higher than 90 to begin. Spend all your skill points during character creation, as they're of no use once the game is underway.
Any questions PM me.
We'll be using the WOC2 Article - The Good, The Bad and the Utterly Insane for rules and character creation. A blank character sheet template can be found here. You will see from the sheet that there are new skills available.
Basic character creation is per standard rules.
Roll 3d6 each for STR, CON, POW, DEX, and APP.
Roll 2d6+6 each for SIZ and INT.
Roll 3d6+3 for EDU.
Personal Wealth will largely be determined by your character concept and Keeper fiat.
You can use Invisible Castle to make your rolls for character creation. You'll need to register and log in there in order to make entries in the Note section describing what you're rolling, but it's free. In the Character Name box, put the character's name, and be sure to use the same spelling consistently to make it easier to look up old rolls. For example: John Doe. Use The train to Hell for the campaign name.
Those are the only rolls you need to make for character creation. You are free to distribute the 3d6 rolls among the five stats that are rolled on 3d6, as well as to choose which 2d6+6 roll goes to SIZ and which to INT. If you're still not satisfied with your rolls, let me know and we'll work something out. If your rolls are abnormally low, I may permit a re-roll of the entire set.
You'll also need to decide on your character's age. The minimum age allowed is EDU+6, but you can always choose to make your character older. For every 10 full years above the minimum, you get +1 to your EDU (which also gets you an extra 20 occupational skill points). However, for every full 10 years above 40 (i.e., starting at age 50), you must reduce one of the following stats by 1: STR, CON, DEX, or APP.
Your character has the following derived stats:
Idea: INT x 5
Luck: POW x 5
Know: EDU x 5 (maximum of 99)
Damage Bonus: Calculate STR+SIZ and consult the following table
12 or less: -1d6
13-16: -1d4
17-24: +0
25-32: +1d4
33 or more: +1d6
Maximum Hit Points: (CON+SIZ)/2 (round fractions up)
Maximum Magic Points: POW
Starting Sanity: POW x 5
Skills:
We'll be using the Careers and Backgrounds(if chosen) from the WOC2 article. If you don't feel any of the careers is a good fit for your character concept then PM me - we'll see what we can work out.
You get 20 x EDU skill points to spend on your career skills plus 10 x INT skill points for anything else.
The only skill that cannot be raised is Cthulhu Mythos, which always starts at 0%. The other skills have base levels of 1% or higher, and the points you spend add to those base levels. Use the skill list provided on the Character sheet.
Starting skills should not be higher than 75 without a good reason which should be clear in your character concept. Older, more experienced characters are more likely to have exceptionally high skills, so they'll get more leeway in this area than youngsters. In any event, you shouldn't have any skill higher than 90 to begin. Spend all your skill points during character creation, as they're of no use once the game is underway.
Any questions PM me.