Character Creation

Name:
Origin:
Upbringing:
Class:

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Physical Resistance: X/X
Mental Resistance: X/X
Fatigue Resistance: X/X

Armor: X/X

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Traits:

Origin Trait:


Upbringing Trait:


Class Trait:

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Skills:

Social
Bluff - 1
Disguise - 1
Non-Intelligence Interaction - 1
Intimidate - 1
Persuade - 1
Insight - 1

Movement
Exert - 1
Pilot - 1
Drive - 1
Run - 1
Stealth - 1

Technology
Computers - 1
Hacking - 1
Mechanism - 1
Repair - 1

Support
Appraise - 1
Medicine - 1
Perception - 1
Sleight of Hand - 1
Survival - 1

Combat
Dodge - 1
Unarmed - 1
Melee - 1
Ranged - 1
Artillery - 1
Maneuver - 1

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Abilities:

Raise Roll:
By taking a point of Fatigue Damage, you may reroll any skill check you have made. This way, you can turn a failure into a success or achieve a critical success.

Origin Ability:


Class Ability:

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Equipment:

Humans are the most populous origin in the galaxy. You all know what humans are.

Resistance Values:
Physical Resistance: 3/3
Mental Resistance: 4/4
Fatigue Resistance: 3/3

Skills Modifiers:
Disguise +1
Persuade +1
Insight +1
Exert +1
Mechanism +1
Medicine +1
Perception +1
Survival +1
Dodge +1

Origin Trait:
Inconspicuous:
With basic humans being the most populous group in the galaxy, they rarely attract attention based on the fact that they are human alone. Add a +1 modifier to your success range whenever you are trying to do something stealthily or whenever being just a face in the crowd might help you. Whenever you are interacting with a majority of non-human characters, you may add a -1 modifier to your success range.

Cultural Experience:
Humans on average are older than members of the other Origins and are usually very used to following expectations and cultural norms. Apply a +1 modifier to your success range if dealing with a situation that requires strict adherence to protocol or procedures that your character would be familiar with. You may apply a -1 modifier to your success range whenever you actively go against protocol or break common sense rules.

Origin Ability:
Versatile:
Choose one skill and take 1 point of Fatigue damage. For the rest of this encounter, you may treat the skill as if it was level 4 for the purposes of determining your SR. You can still add modifiers to this skill value to further change the SR. You cannot level up the chosen skill while this ability is active.

Improvisation:
Whenever faced with a task that requires tools to perform, you may take one point of Fatigue damage in order to improvise tools. This takes a couple of minutes, depending on the situation and the GM may apply penalties to a roll made with these improvised tools. A character may also improvise tools to gain a +1 bonus to a skill roll.

Cyborgs are mechanically enhanced humans. They might have barely noticeable implants or be more machine than human. While prejudice against cyborgs exists, they are generally accepted everywhere where humans are.

Resistance Values:
Physical Resistance: 3/3
Mental Resistance: 3/3
Fatigue Resistance: 4/4

Skills Modifiers:
NII +1
Intimidate +1
Pilot +1
Drive +1
Computers +1
Repair +1
Appraise +1
Perception +1
Maneuver +1

Origin Trait:
Machine Partnership:
Some Cyborgs feel more familiarity with unintelligent machines than with humans. Apply a +1 modifier to any skill roll in which you are assisted by a machine (except an Android). You may apply a -1 modifier to any skill roll in which you are actively being assisted by another character, except for Androids.

Scarred:
Many Cyborgs don’t choose to undergo the operations to turn them into what they are now willingly. They are often victims of accidents, attacks or disease that could not have survived without being modified. These individuals are often especially determined to protect others while many are also traumatized due to their experience. Apply a +1 modifier to all skill rolls to save another character who is unable to save themselves. You may apply a -1 modifier to all skill rolls if you are under immediate danger of physical or mental damage. For combat skills, this applies only up to once per combat encounter.

Origin Ability:
Modular:
During a short or long rest, the cyborg can take a point of fatigue damage and modify their mechanical enhancements. If a repair check succeeds, they can reduce the level of one of their category by 1 and then choose another skill in the same category to increase by 1. The raised skill’s new level cannot be higher than the level of the skill that was lowered was originally. The fatigue damage taken for this action does not recover during the same rest.

Automatic Weapon Use:
By taking a point of fatigue damage, a Cyborg can give control over their weapons to an implanted computer system. This lasts for the rest of the encounter or until the cyborg ends it. As long as this ability is active, the cyborg may make up to two attacks per turn. To determine the focus penalty for these attacks, count up all actions that the Cyborg is performing this round, including the attacks. Every other action is performed with a focus penalty that ignores these attacks. The cyborg cannot make any attacks except the automated ones as long as this ability is active.

Humanoid robots with full Artificial Intelligence. Some of them look enough like humans to be mistaken for them at first glance, others might have a completely robotic appearance. Many humans believe androids are not real people although leading scientists agree that they are sentient and sapient just like humans.

Resistance Values:
Physical Resistance: 4/4
Mental Resistance: 3/3
Fatigue Resistance: 3/3

Skills Modifiers:
Bluff +1
NII +1
Pilot +1
Computers +1
Hacking +1
Mechanism +1
Repair +1
Appraise +1
Perception +1

Origin Trait:
Inhuman:
Unlike the other origins, Androids are fully not human. While all Androids are of humanoid stature and they are generally created to replicate human behavior and appearances as closely as possible, some Androids look decidedly not human. Apply a +1 bonus whenever the fact that this Android’s facial expression or posture cannot be read by most humans would come in handy. You can apply a -1 modifier to any roll that would benefit from having the target of the roll empathize with the Android.

Artificial Superiority:
Androids are designed to be better than people and some of them are intent on proving that they are. Apply a +1 modifier to any roll that has previously been attempted unsuccessfully by a non-Android character. That includes attacks if that same round, a non-Android character has attempted and failed an attack against the same target. You may apply a -1 modifier to any positive social roll towards non-Android characters.

Origin Ability:
Hijack:
By taking a point of fatigue damage, an Android may fully transfer its consciousness into a small system (a vehicle, small spaceship or turret, for example) as part of a Hacking roll. As long as this ability is active, the android cannot move their actual body (that includes dodging or using armor) and any other character with sufficient access to this system may attempt to hurt the android (offense: Hacking, defense: Computers, damage: Mental). As long as the Android is inside the system, it can make full use of all of it. If a roll is necessary, the Android gains a +2 to all skill rolls. The default skill for actions not covered by the regular skill list is Computers.

Discharge:
An Android may choose to discharge the electrical energy that it is powering it into an opponent as part of an unarmed or melee attack roll by taking one point of fatigue damage. The Android takes a number of points of mental damage that is chosen by the player. The target of their attack takes twice as many points of physical damage in addition to the regular attack damage. Until the end of the encounter, the Android adds a cumulative -1 modifier to all skill checks for every time this ability has been used (This modifier does not lower the effective skill value below 0).

Enhanced

Genetically modified humans originally bred by a corporation that no longer exists for fighting in their proxy-wars. Other scientists have kept up the ‘enhanced’ research ever since and while they are still occasionally used in wars, they have mostly fallen out of fashion. Out of the four origins, enhanced are the rarest and the most mistrusted. While, unlike with androids, nobody questions their sentience, enhanced will face much more active opposition in their daily life than androids will.

Resistance Values:
Physical Resistance: 2/2
Mental Resistance: 3/3
Fatigue Resistance: 5/5

Skills Modifiers:
Insight +1
Intimidate +1
Exert +1
Run +1
Perception +1
Survival +1
Dodge +1
Unarmed +1
Maneuver +1

Origin Trait:
Predator:
Enhanced were designed as hunters and predators, not soldiers. Apply a +1 modifier to any roll in which the Enhanced is facing off against an enemy which they have previously studied, which they have ambushed or if they are otherwise in an advantageous situation of their own creation. You may apply a -1 modifier to any action that requires following orders by or subservience to other races.

Uncanny:
Enhanced are human – almost. They have been genetically modified, giving them just enough of an inhuman appearance to make most people feel uneasy around them. Apply a +1 modifier to any roll that benefits from frightening the other party or having them shy away from looking at you directly. You may apply a -1 modifier if this appearance might hinder your efforts.

Origin Ability:
Defensive Mutation:
As longs as you are not wearing armor, you can, during any dodge roll, take one point of fatigue damage and grow natural armor that lasts until the end of this encounter. Whenever you fail a dodge roll, you may roll an armor roll as if you had armor level 2. If this roll succeeds, take mental damage instead of physical damage. If your mental damage exceeds your resistance, you may choose to deactivate this ability instead of taking a wound. Unlike regular armor, the natural armor does not get damaged.

Offensive Mutation:
You possess a pair of claws or other natural weapons. By taking one point of fatigue damage, whenever you roll an unarmed attack, you may do an additional point of damage and ignore the target’s armor.

Core Worlds are the most civilized parts of space. Unlike most planets, they are ruled by governments of one or more countries of Earth instead of corporations or rich individuals. While not everyone on a core world is wealthy, they generally have a better life than people on corporation worlds would and even those living in poor conditions fight hard to be able to stay on a Core World.

Resistance Values:
Physical Resistance: -1
Mental Resistance: +1
Fatigue Resistance: +0

Skills Modifiers:
NII +1
Persuade +1
Insight +1
Drive +1
Run +1
Computers +1
Mechanism +1
Perception +1
Melee OR Ranged +1
Artillery +1

Upbringing Trait:
Privileged:
Despite whatever personal circumstances your character has experienced, they have lived a rather privileged life on a rich world. They have probably picked up some proper etiquette and have a socially accepted accent. Apply a +1 bonus to all interactions with the social elite or other situations where being perceived as wealthy and trustworthy might help you. You may apply a -1 modifier if you’re trying to interact with people of a "lower" social standing or if you are trying to intimidate others.

Hard Worker:
Your character has grown up on a core world but they don’t come from a rich background. They were always at the verge of losing their home and having to move planet. Forced to take uncomfortable jobs and do what is necessary, they have become very good at swallowing their pride when necessary and have learned to rely on themselves. Apply a +1 modifier to rolls that in some way go against your characters personal belief. You may apply a -1 modifier when doing a task while another person is performing a separate action that logically influences yours or when attacking an opponent in combat that another character is attacking in the same round (You may only apply this modifier once per combat skill per encounter).

Either under the thmb of corporations or rich, power hungry individuals or far enough removed from Earth that nobody cares anymore, the people on these colonies had to fight for themselves. Some stay on the right path while many take up work for criminals who are most likely more powerful than whoever calls themselves the "local government".
Life on a colony world is hard and unforgiving.

Resistance Values:
Physical Resistance: -1
Mental Resistance: +0
Fatigue Resistance: +1

Skills Modifiers:
Bluff +1
Intimidate +1
Persuade +1
Exert +1
Stealth +1
Mechanism +1
Repair +1
Appraise +1
Sleight of Hand +1
Melee OR Ranged +1

Upbringing Trait:
Law Enforcement:
Whether as an official arm of the law or as a hired gun, your character helped bring criminals to justice while supported and backed by the local government. Apply a +1 modifier to rolls if they have received direct support for them from a larger group or entity. You may apply a -1 modifier if your character is directly violating a law.

Criminal:
In order to survive on their home world, your character had to work with some less than trustworthy people. Danger is their middle name. Apply a +1 modifier when you are clearly outgunned or outmatched. You may apply a -1 modifier when interacting with high society.

While most people live on planets, there are more than a few who barely ever set foot on natural ground. Traveling merchants, explorers, station maintenance workers… Countless people spend more time among the starts than on planet.

Resistance Values:
Physical Resistance: +0
Mental Resistance: +1
Fatigue Resistance: -1

Skills Modifiers:
NII +1
Pilot +1
Drive +1
Stealth +1
Computers +1
Hacking +1
Repair +1
Appraise +1
Ranged +1
Artillery +1

Upbringing Trait:
Techbrain:
From young age, you have been around machines and computers. Apply a +1 bonus if you can use a computer to assist with a task that does not necessarily require one. You may apply a -1 modifier whenever you are using low-tech when high-tech would be the usual choice.

People Person:
On a spaceship, it’s almost impossible to be alone. Others might get annoyed by this but your character enjoys constantly being around others. Apply a +1 bonus to rolls if you are surrounded by especially large groups of people who are not hostile towards you. You may apply a -1 modifier if you are completely on your own.

Dozens of worlds were intended to be colonized, just for funding to run out or someone in charge to change their mind. Thousands of colonists were left behind on these worlds because extracting them would be more expensive than forgetting about them. Worse than colony worlds, the inhabitants of wild planets often live outside of society under harshest conditions. Some may not have seen another person in years before somehow leaving their planet.

Resistance Values:
Physical Resistance: +1
Mental Resistance: -1
Fatigue Resistance: +0

Skills Modifiers:
Disguise +1
Intimidate +1
Exert +1
Run +1
Repair +1
Medicine +1
Perception +1
Survival +1
Dodge +1
Melee OR Unarmed +1

Upbringing Trait:
Harsh Climates:
Having to deal with climates and temperatures outside of what humans usually deal with has hardened you. Sometimes, when you’re on a more moderate world, you even miss those. Choose either Hot or Cold. Apply a +1 modifier to rolls if you are in especially harsh conditions of the type you chose. You may apply a -1 modifier if you are in especially harsh conditions of the type you did not choose.

Lone Survivor:
People die. You survive. That’s how it has been your entire life. Apply a +1 modifier if your physical resistance is at 1 or 0. You may apply a -1 modifier to any roll that, on failure, would put an ally of yours in direct danger. That includes combat rolls if the target of your attack is attacking an ally of yours this round. For combat skills, this can only be applied once per skill per encounter.

Resistance Values:
Physical Resistance: +1
Mental Resistance: -1
Fatigue Resistance: +0

Skills Modifiers:
NII +1
Intimidate +1
Exert +1
Drive +1
Run +1
Computers OR Mechanism +1
Medicine +1
Survival +1
Dodge +1
Any Attack Skill +1

Class Trait:
Armor Destruction:
Instead of trying to harm an opponent, a soldier can attempt to destroy their armor. Before making an attack, they have to announce to make use of this ability. If their attack hits, they do not roll to circumvent armor and do no damage to the target. Their armor penetration value is counted as 1 higher than it actually is. For the purposes of damaging armor, this attack is counted as if it had failed to penetrate the armor. If the armor is damaged by this attack, it takes one additional point of damage.

Dodge Mastery:
Dodge Actions do not suffer from a multi action penalty (but also do not gain a focus bonus unless they are the only action performed in a round). They still count towards the total number of actions per round to determine the multi action penalty for other actions. In addition, you can bolster your defense, adding a +1 modifier to your dodge roll by applying a -2 multi action penalty to all non-dodge actions this round.

Class Ability:
Bloodrage:
By taking a point of fatigue damage, you may perform an attack against every enemy engaged in the current combat. You may not perform another action this turn (except for moving) and regardless of the number of attacks you are performing, you apply no focus bonus or multi action penalty to any of them.

Combat Leadership:
By taking a point of fatigue damage, you may choose one type of damage (Physical, Mental or Fatigue) and perform a medicine check in the middle of combat on as many of your conscious teammates as you choose. You do not have to choose all your targets at once but you cannot target one character twice with one use of this ability. For every character that you targeted and succeeded for with this check, remove one point of damage of the specified type and apply one point of damage of the same type to yourself.

Resistance Values:
Physical Resistance: -1
Mental Resistance: +0
Fatigue Resistance: +1

Skills Modifiers:
Bluff +1
Disguise +1
Insight +1
Exert +1
Stealth +1
Hacking OR Mechanism +1
Perception +1
Sleight of Hand +1
Dodge +1
Melee OR Ranged +1

Class Trait:
Armor Avoidance:
Whenever facing an opponent wearing armor that is no more than two steps better than your weapon, you can once per turn bypass the armor by applying a -1 modifier to your melee attack and to all defense actions this round. If the attack succeeds, you do not have to roll against your opponent’s armor. Regardless of success or failure of your attack, you do not do any damage to your opponent’s armor.

Combat Stealth:
You can hide from view while in combat with a successful Stealth check. Every action except for movement and help breaks stealth while in combat. If an opponent spends their entire round searching for you (dodging does not count as taking an action in this case), you have to do another stealth check to remain hidden. For every full round that you remain hidden, you gain a cumulative +1 bonus to your next attack roll and damage. If stealth is broken before you attack, this bonus is lost. The damage bonus only applies if the target is humanoid or otherwise has noticeable weak points that can be exploited.

Class Ability:
Combat Disable:
By taking a point of fatigue, you can attempt a hacking roll and target any opponent using high tech weaponry or armors and target one piece of equipment. If successful, the target cannot use this piece of equipment anymore until they spend an entire round fixing it. During that round, they can take no other action except this repairing and a move.

Bypass Raise:
Whenever you raise any Technology Roll with the goal of making the target of the roll behave in a way that it is not meant to, if the raised roll is a failure, you may reroll it once again for free. When using this ability, you cannot critically fail a roll, even if all three rolls are failures. You can only use this ability once per roll.

Resistance Values:
Physical Resistance: -1
Mental Resistance: +1
Fatigue Resistance: +0

Skills Modifiers:
Bluff +1
NII +1
Intimidate +1
Persuade +1
Insight +1
Drive OR Pilot +1
Computers +1
Appraise +1
Dodge +1
Unarmed OR Melee OR Ranged +1


Class Trait:
Double Entendre:
Whenever you are attempting a social check, you may, in addition to the regular roll, roll an Intimidate skill check. You don’t level up Intimidate if you roll it in this way but you can still level up your original social skill. If at least one of the two rolls is successful, you succeed at the check. However, unless both checks are successful, your target will pick up on your hostility which might result in negative consequences.

Backing Argument:
Whenever an ally of yours attempts a social roll, you may raise their roll instead of them, regardless of success or failure. You have to pay the fatigue required to raise and you perform the second roll using your skill value and applicable modifiers but other than that, it is resolved the same way as a regular raise.

Class Ability:
Masterful Support:
By taking a point of Fatigue damage, when giving help to another character, instead of giving them a +1 modifier to their action, you may instead give them a modifier equal to your level in the skill the other character is attempting.

Kill ‘em with Kindness:
While in combat, you can target one intelligent enemy with a Bluff or Persuade check and take one Fatigue damage. On a success, every roll against that target receives a +2 modifier until you or one of your allies inflict physical damage on that target (damage against the target’s armor does not end this condition)

Resistance Values:
Physical Resistance: -1
Mental Resistance: +0
Fatigue Resistance: +1

Skills Modifiers:
NII +1
Pilot +1
Drive +1
Computers +1
Mechanism +1
Repair +1
Appraise OR Sleight of Hand +1
Dodge +1
Unarmed OR Melee OR Ranged +1
Artillery +1

Class Trait:
Remote Control:
If you’ve had time to thoroughly inspect a tech weapon or piece of technical equipment at some point before, you can assist in any action involving it that any of your allies perform, even if you are not in the same room, as long as you are in the same general area and have some way to intervene in the action. Depending on the piece of equipment, you may be able to perform simple actions with it even if not in the room. Penalties may apply.

Co-Pilot:
If you are in a vehicle, spaceship or other piloted piece of technology, you may choose one position that is occupied by another character and every time they perform a roll, you may perform the same roll. You may choose which of the two results is counted.

Class Ability:
Quick Repair:
During combat, you can attempt to repair a piece of equipment worn by yourself or a willing target. By taking a point of fatigue damage, you may make a Repair roll and on success, restore one point of armor to a piece of armor or remove any type of damage that a weapon or other equipment may have if this damage can be fixed by a repair roll.

Weapon Upgrade:
A mechanic can in combat target as many weapons of a certain type as they wish, take a point of fatigue damage and roll for the appropriate weapon skill. On success, all targeted weapons gain a +1 bonus to hit for the entirety of the turn.