Character Setup#

When creating a new character, a player must pick two proficient and four crippled Abilities for them. This choice should be based on the character’s Archetypes:

These limitations take into account dual domain Abilities.

All remaining Abilities are considered standard. Once done, the player sets all of their character’s Dice Classes:

Total Health#

Each character possesses a maximum Health value, representing their capacity to withstand physical harm. This number is dependent on the character’s endurance, strength and agility. This is how it’s calculated (starting at 0):

For example, a character with d8 endurance, d6 strength and d4 agility has a maximum Health of 11. A character with d4 endurance, d4 strength and d6 agility has a maximum Health of 9 etc…

Emotion Thresholds#

Emotions represent a characters’ general feelings, influencing their behavior and responses to adversity. Each Emotion has a threshold, which determines how much strain it can hold. This is how the value is calculated:

• First, Emotions are assigned with an Ability and an Archetype:

• Then, based on the Emotion Ability’s Dice Class (and if the player picked the relevant Archetype or not), a threshold is assessed:

For example, an icon/sage character with d8 insight, d6 humility, and d6 composure has the following thresholds: anger 3, fear 2, sadness 3 and guilt 3.

Character Development#

During a game, Abilities may advance their Dice Class and Archetypes may change. Once a scenario is over, players should re-calibrate their total Health and Emotion thresholds to reflect these changes (if any).

Template Characters#

Here is a list of ready-made characters to use in a game if needed:

Lucian#

This character made his mark as a healer in a local monastery. The moment he faced his first case of grey fever, he found a calling: to study the disease and discover a cure. What began as a side project has since become an obsession, leading him into alchemy labs, dusty libraries and plague-riddled villages.

Morwen#

Raised in the streets of Nerothar, this character quickly became a criminal operative driven by dreams of wealth. Her life took a turn when a guard patrol killed some of her business associates. Now, she’s sworn to see the captain responsible for the onslaught dead or left to rot in his own prison.

Kael#

This character made his mark on the battlefield. While working as a scavenger for a mercenary company, he envisioned raising a force of war golems that would answer only to him. After learning to restore them, he now plans to start his own mercenary business using whatever broken automatons he can find.