Jan 1, 2020 6:45 pm
How To Create Your Hero
These are the steps and guidelines for building your hero.
1. Pick your playbook.
Choose the playbook that fits your fancy from the Star Wars World PDF, with some notes:
● You can start the game with Force training, but not Jedi/Sith training. This does not mean that you can't eventually be a Jedi/Sith, but that will have to happen in the game. In light of this, the following playbooks are not allowed for starting characters: the Consular, the Guardian, and the Sentinel.
● You can't be officially affiliated with any of the vital organizations, such as the New Republic, the Resistance, and the First Order - at least, not currently. If you were ever officially a member at one time, you no longer are, and haven't been for some time.
● We need characters with heroics in their hearts. You need to have some motivation to fight to maintain peace in the galaxy. That doesn't mean you can't change motivations later in the game, but you have to start motivated.
● Notes on the playbooks:
[ +- ] The Ace
The Ace
Think about what role you'd like to play in the group. If you'd like to be able to transport the rest of your team, your Starship should be at least sized Small.
[ +- ] The Adept
The Adept
You have had some practice in manipulating the force through the use of a focus object called a Force Talisman. You have had no formal training as a Jedi/Sith, so think about how you've come to have your Force skills. Even if you do have a mentor, that mentor is no Jedi/Sith, although s/he might be another Adept.
[ +- ] The Bounty Hunter
The Bounty Hunter
This campaign will be focused on heroic action, so consider how you will balance that against your obligations to your guild.
[ +- ] The Gearhead
The Gearhead
Think about the nature of your Workspace. One that sits in a building will allow you to build bigger stuff later, but you might be able to install a smaller one in a starship to bring along with you on your travels.
[ +- ] The Medic
The Medic
Nothing particular to add here. The Medic is pretty straightforward.
[ +- ] The Noble
The Noble
Your "government stipend" doesn't necessarily have to come from an actual government. You can be funded by a big organization, if that'd better fit your concept. You'd still need to consider how your affiliation with this government or organization will affect you being a hero.
[ +- ] The Officer
The Officer
Like with the Noble, you will have to consider which organization you belong to and how your ties to it can affect your heroics.
[ +- ] The Operative
The Operative
Nothing particular to add here. The Operative is pretty straightforward.
[ +- ] The Scoundrel
The Scoundrel
Nothing particular to add here. The Scoundrel is pretty straightforward.
[ +- ] The Trooper
The Trooper
Just like the Officer and the Noble, you will have to consider which organization you belong to and how your ties to it can affect your heroics.
2. Create your character thread.
Create a new thread in the Heroes folder, and give it a title in the format Hero Name | The Playbook. So, a title of "Han Solo | The Scoundrel" would work.
3. Reserve the 1st post for the character sheet.
This will have the details according to the sheet for your selected playbook, such as Look, Stats, and Moves, to name a few. Please include a profile image for your character. We have a template for it here.
You can also create a GP character sheet if you'd like, so that you can make game posts in character, but that is not required. This 1st post in your character thread will be considered as your official character sheet for this game.
4. Reserve the 2nd post for the character's backstory.
List questions that you think might be pertinent for your character, and answer those questions in your character's voice. The GM might have additional questions later - add them and answer them here as well. If you come up with more backstory details later, just keep adding them to this 2nd post so that all of the backstory information is kept in one spot.
Some things you might consider:
● The adventure starts on Jakku. Are you a local? Are you based here, or just visiting?
● You are responding to a call for help/services from a local group of nomads under one Misha Vontoba. Are you a member of that group? If not, are you on good terms with them? Have you even heard of them?
● All of the heroes will start the game knowing each other, perhaps even working together. Try not to fix your entire backstory in stone at the very beginning - we will need some space to weave all of the heroes' backstories together.
5. The rest of the thread is for anything else.
Have any questions regarding your character specifically? Maybe you have additional information about the character that you'd like to stow somewhere? You can do those stuff - and anything else, really - in your Character Thread, from the third post onward.
6. Let the GM know when you're done.
Until you let the GM know that you're done, the character will be considered to be a work in progress. Only completed characters will be considered for the game.
