Character Thread - Garyd20

Age 42.

Just to be clear, these skill traits that are listed here are the specific skill traits I assign points to, correct? And also, personal interest skills, what and where are those? I don't see them on my character sheet.

Just to be clear, these skill traits that are listed here are the specific skill traits I assign points to, correct? And also, personal interest skills, what and where are those? I don't see them on my character sheet.

Leland Barlow, Book Dealer, Barlow Books

The list of skills for your occupation are what you can spend the first batch of points on, spread as you see fit.

The entire skill list is on a standard character sheet (screenshot below) but you have to enter them manually to add points (the defaults will appear by themselves) Personal Interest basically covers all skills, so you can think of this as skills you develop outside of work .

Here are the starting points for skills. Any points you spend are added to these and need to manually entered to your character sheet.

Ok, I gotcha. Thanks.

As you are in the 40's, you have a few penalties and bonuses:

Lose 5 from EITHER Str, Dex or Con. This can be all one stat, or split over any of the three

Gain 2 EDU improvement checks. Roll 1d100 for each, you want to fail, so get over your EDU stat. If so, you gain 1d10 (for each roll)

Gotcha.

Great, so that's 1d10 extra EDU (which will increase your skill points)

Also, thanks to age, reduce your APP by 5

Gotcha. Lose 5 from Str, DEX, and/or CON. Lose 5 from APP. And plus 9 to EDU.

oh hang on...I just saw we did this earlier on page one. OK, ignore. Sorry, helping make 6 characters at the same time is not good for my sanity.

Ok. Thought it seemed familiar.

Right, things left to do:

Skill points

Your max Sanity is 99, current sanity is equal to your POW
Magic Points are 1/5 of your POW
Roll 3d6 x5 for Luck

Now roll for some background elements to help you flesh the character out:

Ideology 1d10
Significant People 1d10
Why significant? 1d10
Meaningful location 1d10
Treasured possession 1d10
Trait 1d10

So, can the Personal Skill points be added to Occupational Skills or do they have to be strictly assigned to non-occupational skills?

Luck Roll. So, 35 total.

Background Elements.

It can be any skills, including those from your occupation. You can go up to 90 on any skill

Here's your background stuff: Pick one as your key element, the thing that centres you.

Ideology The occult (e.g. astrology, spiritualism, tarot).
Significant People Sibling (e.g. brother, half-brother, stepsister).
Why significant? You seek to prove yourself to them. How? (e.g. by getting a good job, by finding a good spouse, by getting an education).
Meaningful location The grave of a significant person. Who? (e.g. a parent, a child, a lover).
Treasured possession A sporting item (e.g. cricket bat, a signed baseball, a fishing rod).
Trait Gambler and a risk-taker (e.g. poker-faced, try anything once, lives on the edge).

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*Ideology The Occult- Ritual Magic
*Significant People Sibling- Father
*Why Significant? You seek to prove yourself to them. How? Father was well-known and respected figure in the book dealing community. Leland strives to gain his approval. Leland's older brother was the fathers favorite and heir apparent to the father's business until his untimely death in an auto accident. Leland lives in his brother's shadow and can never seem to live up to it or to please his father.
*Meaningful location The grave of a significant person. Who? Older brother.
*Treasured Possession A sporting item. Brothers' childhood baseball glove.
*Trait Gambler and a risk-taker. Poker-faced.

This work?