Character Creation

Your character is your avatar in the game world. Playing the role of them, you make decisions and choose directions to explore and interact with the world. To help you with this, there are a few options to make to define the person you are playing as …

Species

First things first, you need to pick which species you are playing as. There are three options available to choose from …

HUMANS are, as the name suggests, humans. They are between 1.5m and 2m tall and a comfortable mix of athletic and dextrous.

ELVES look very similar to humans although they are often far taller and very thin in the body and the face. They are inherently dextrous although often not as strong.

GOBLINS are short and stocky and often quite gruff in their manner. They are very strong and athletic although they are often more clumsy with day-to-day tasks.

Ability Scores and Modifiers

Ability scores are static based on the species you wish to play. Pick from the following and note your ability scores …

Attribute	Human	Elf	Goblin
Strength	12	10	16
Dexterity	12	16	10
Constitution	10	12	14
Intelligence	14	11	12
Wisdom	11	12	11
Charisma	16	14	12

Modifiers are calculated as the score minus ten, divided by two and rounded down. As the scores are static, the modifiers are as follows …

Attribute	Human	Elf	Goblin
Strength	+1	+0	+3
Dexterity	+1	+3	+0
Constitution	+0	+1	+2
Intelligence	+2	+0	+1
Wisdom	+0	+1	+0
Charisma	+3	+2	+1

Class

As an adventurer, your character has honed their skills with a particular role in mind during travel and combat. This is known as their class. There are four routes to choose from …

Class	Description
Fighter	A trained warrior with a knowledge of combat and conflict.
Healer	A surgeon with a knowledge of herbs and treatments.
Magician	A student of the mystic arts with a knowledge of the arcane.
Rogue	A wily and sly individual with a knowledge of stealth and surprise.

Skills

Skills define your character’s ability to perform particular types of task. You have 20 points to apply and may do so with any distribution you like. Class Skills (noted below with a *) cost 1 point per level. Cross-Class Skills cost 2 points per level. You must divide your points between a minimum of 5 skills.

Skill	Fighter	Healer	Magician	Rogue
Academia		*	*
Brawn	*
Deduction			*
Finesse	*			*
Healing		*
Intuition	*		*	*
Nature	*	*
Persuasion		*	*	*
Stealth				*

Skillset Example

A fighter could have 3 points to Brawn, 1 to Deduction, 4 to Finesse, 2 to Intuition, 3 to Nature and 3 to Stealth

Brawn, Finesse, Intuition and Nature are all class skills so they would cost 3 + 4 + 2 + 3 = 12

Deduction and Stealth are cross-class skills so they would cost (1 * 2) + (3 * 2) = 8

12 from class skills and 8 from cross-class skills makes the total of 20 for a new character.

About the Skills

• Academia … this covers the reading and studying of text books and histories. It includes everything from magic and science to history and religion.
• Brawn … this covers strenuous physical activity, lifting heavy objects, climbing high peaks and running long distances.
• Deduction … this covers everything from problem solving to investigation and following clues and trails.
• Finesse … dancing, juggling, acrobatics, sleight of hand, everything that requires a flick of the wrist or a nimble movement.
• Healing … this includes first aid, the preparation of remedies and the application of treatment for injury or illness.
• Intuition … this includes an insightfulness and a perception and awareness of the world around and the people in it.
• Nature … this covers everything from handling animals and hunting prey to following tracks and surviving in the wilderness and wastes.
• Persuasion … this includes convincing other people, deceiving them or, if it comes to it, straight up intimidation and manipulation.
• Stealth … this covers everything from hiding to moving quietly and avoiding being seen.

Feats

Feats are special abilities that may help your character during the game. This could be anything from quicker attacks to skill with certain weapons or the ability to move and fight in armour.

You gain a set of feats based on your species and class and then may choose two more as you wish for your character.

Species Feats

Species	Included Feats
Human	Power Shot Weapon Proficiency: Ranged Weapons Weapon Proficiency: Heavy Ranged Weapons Weapon Proficiency: Melee Weapons
Elf	Critical Strike Weapon Proficiency: Ranged Weapons Weapon Proficiency: Melee Weapons Weapon Proficiency: Unarmed Attacks
Goblin	Armour Proficiency Weapon Proficiency: Heavy Ranged Weapons Weapon Proficiency: Melee Weapons Weapon Proficiency: Unarmed Attacks

Class Feats

Class	Included Feats
Fighter	Power Attack
Healer	Item Proficiency: Surgeon’s Bag
Magician	Lucky
Rogue	Rapid Shot

About the Feats

In total there are 14 feats that can be chosen from. Your remaining 2 choices may be for any that are not included with your class, there are no pre-requisites.

• Armour Proficiency … Your may wear armour
• Power Attack … As a bonus action you may roll once more for damage after a successful melee attack
• Flurry … As a bonus action after a melee attack you may make another melee attack
• Critical Strike … As a bonus action you may give yourself advantage on a melee attack action
• Power Shot … As a bonus action you may roll once more for damage after a successful ranged attack
• Rapid Shot … As a bonus action after a ranged attack you may make another ranged attack
• Sniper Shot … As a bonus action you may give yourself advantage on a ranged attack action
• Weapon Proficiency: Ranged Weapons … You may use light ranged weapons
• Weapon Proficiency: Heavy Ranged Weapons … You may use heavy ranged weapons
• Weapon Proficiency: Melee Weapons … You may use melee weapons
• Weapon Proficiency: Unarmed Attacks … You may make melee attacks without a weapon
• Item Proficiency: Surgeon’s Bag … You may use a surgeon’s bag
• Item Proficiency: Trackers Kit … You may use a tracker’s kit
• Lucky … Three times per day you may re-roll any Ability Check, Skill Check or Attack Roll

Money

During games, characters may find, win, earn and spend money on food, board, equipment and services. The base unit of money is Silver Pennies (sp) with One Silver Pence (1sp) being the smallest unit and, as such, the cheapest anything could be.

Some common costs are …

Amount	Item
1 sp	A loaf of bread
5 sp	A cold meal
10 sp	A hot meal
50 sp	A room for one night in a tavern
100 sp	A horse
500 sp	Four horses and a guide
1,000 sp	Eight horses and a carriage
5,000 sp	A skilled worker for two months
10,000 sp	A small house
50,000 sp	A medium house
100,000 sp	A large house
500,000 sp	A castle
1,000,000 sp	A private island

Starting Equipment

Various equipment is available throughout the game and may be found or procured when visiting towns or fighting enemies. As a minimum however, an adventurer begins with the following basic equipment …

• Travelling Clothes
• A Backpack
• 6 Torches
• A Flint and Steel
• A Bedroll
• 200sp Starting Money

Fighters start with the following additional items

• Either a Short Sword or a Battle Axe

Healers start with the following additional items

• A Surgeon’s Bag and a Dagger

Magicians start with the following additional items

• A Magic Staff and a Dagger

Rogues start with the following additional items

• Either a Short Bow or a Crossbow

Hit Points

Hit Points denote how much damage your character can take before falling unconscious. Your character’s maximum hit points are set by their species as follows …

Class	Maximum Hit Points
Human	35
Elf	37
Goblin	40

Armour Class

Your character’s armour class denotes how easy / hard they are to hit with an attack. It is calculated as 10 + your dexterity modifier. Additional points can be gained if your character finds or buys armour (different armour types specify the bonuses they give and whether they may be worn / used with other armour too).

Attacking

When a character attacks an enemy or vice versa, roll a d20 and add the attack modifier to the result. If the total is greater than or equal to the defender’s Armour Class then the attack is successful.

For a successful attack, damage should be rolled according to the weapon used and the total is then taken away from the defender’s Hit Points.

If a character or enemy’s Hit Points drop to 0 then they fall unconscious. If they continue to be attacked or to take damage and their Hit Points drop to -20, they are dead.

Weapon	Use
Dagger	Melee, +2 to hit, 1d4 damage
Short Bow	Ranged, +2 to hit, 1d6 damage, range 50 m
Crossbow	Heavy Ranged, +4 to hit, 1d8 damage, range 25 m
Short Sword	Melee, +4 to hit, 1d6 damage
Battle Axe	Melee, +2 to hit, 1d8 damage
Unarmed Attack	Melee, Dexterity Modifier to hit, 1d4 + Strength Modifier damage (minimum of 1)

Healing

A character with a Surgeon’s Bag and proficiency to use it may prepare a healing balm as an action then apply it as a later action (performed over two successive rounds if desired). Use of the balm stops any poison effect and restores 1d6 + the Healing score of the character that prepared it.

Once prepared, the balm must be used by a character with Surgeon’s Bag proficiency however it does not need to be the same character that prepared it.

Hit Points may also be restored by resting. Characters may rest anywhere where there is no threat of attack or arrest. A rest takes 8 hours and restores a character to their full Hit Points.

A character’s Hit Points may not increase beyond their original maximum regardless of how many healing balms or rests they have.

Magic Spells

Magicians may use their staves to cast spells during their adventures. Some of these may be helpful during investigations and travel, some allow for an attack or a defence during combat. All magicians learn a base set of spells, however they may also learn or create new ones as they travel too.

Some spells, such as Fire Bolt, have an immediate effect that ends within the casting time. Others, such as Illusion, where no end point is specified, continue until the Magician casting it:

• Decides for it to end
• Moves out of range
• Falls unconscious
• Drops or loses their staff

Known Spells