Initial game discussion and expectations

Gentleman shared some great ideas!
That is the method I usually use.

So, I'll share an alternative approach (for situations in which normal approach doesn't truly work for you):

1. Pick up 4 skills you want your character to use.
2. Describe your character physically
3. Choose a family background
4. Only at the end, putting together all those 3, try to make sense of the combination into a 1-sentence description.

Some stereotypical examples (just to get started):

Example1: 1 Burglary, Deceive, Notice and
Stealth / 2 Thin, small built but very agile / 3 Son an Chinese successful businessman / 4....?

Example 2: 1. Fight, drive, athletic and physic / 2. Heavy built, slow but strong / Dad is a retired boxer and now owns a gym, mom is a nurse / 4...?

Example 3: 1. Academics, Contacts, Rapport and Resources / 2. Thin, tall, well dressed / 3. Father university profesor and mother Pharmacist/ 4....?

Now a Not-that-typical example:

Example 4: 1. Craft, Will, Shoot and Physic / 2. Short and muscle built / 3. Lives alone in the upper floor of his/her carpentry workshop / 4...?

For 'Trouble" imagine the last 1 or 2 years of this character's life. Surely he's gone through some difficulties... physical? emotional? Spiritual?... how is his relation with his neighbours? Or his old school friends? Does he has a mentor? Has he moved to a different city? Has he found love, and got separated? How is he doing work-wise? Money-wise? Does he belong to a club, professional guild or cultural center?

Of course, these are ideas to overcome 'writers block', whenever you get a nice description (step 4), feel free to rewrite the steps above accordingly.


Edit1:
For a more structured way of selecting the step 1, inicial 4 skills: select a real life craft/profession. The image the main skills that may represent those studies.
For example: a doctor should know: academics (medicine), academics (chemistry), physic and (if successful) probably earned Resources.
How would a journalist, a combat pilot, a school teacher, an office cleaning boy or a professional diver would look like (from a skills point of view)?

Edit2:
For a more challenging approach:
As step 1, select 4 or 5 skills from the list that have been LESS selected by the rest of the characters. Then continue the alternative approach described above.

Finally:
Don't care much if the profile is somehow similar to other character at the start. First complete a first draft and only then compare it to others. You may find that you may keep it just like that, or keep it with minor adjustments (to avoid stepping on each other toes too much).

I hope it helps you! Please, feel free to ask any doubt, and share you first drafts .

You are doing fine. It is completely new and the modern thing is throwing me off used to doing fantasy.

Alright, here we go. You can pick 3 of those without lowering Refresh, lower Refresh by 1 per stunt you take after that. Feel free to rename them if you can think of better names. Some of these are from the wiki page I linked before, perhaps renamed.

Jumpy: You startle easily. You may roll Notice instead of Athletics to Defend against physical attacks.

Cat-Pawed: You have a light step. You receive +1 to Overcome and Defend with Stealth, as long as making little noise would help you out.

Ingenious Trespasser: You have a knack for getting into places you are not supposed to. You receive +2 to Create an Advantage rolls made to analyze and figure out a way to get into and out of somewhere.

The Tin Foil Hat Milieu: You are very used to dealing with people just like you. You may roll Lore instead of Contacts when dealing or trying to get a hold of with people who also believe conspiracy theories.

Trash Talker: You receive +2 to Create an Advantage with Provoke when saying interesting insults.

Lie Whisperer: +2 to all Empathy rolls made to discern or discover lies, whether they’re directed at you or someone else. (Huerago already has this one though. Just for fun I would rename it "Pants on Fire" if I took it myself.)

Stubborn: You simply do not know when to quit. You gain an additional mild consequence slot. This slot can only be used for mental harm. (adapted from Spirit of the Century SRD, §6.23.2)

As A Mule: +2 to Defend with Will against fear and despair. (Name it something else if you don't take the one above it.)

Trained For This: +2 to Defend with Will against someone trying to get inside your head – be it through psychic means or through extensive torture. (adapted from Spirit of the Century SRD, §6.23.2)

Combat Pragmatism: +2 to Create an Advantage with Fight by fighting dirty.

Throw The Last Punch: You are not amused when someone else throws the first punch. You receive +2 to Attack with Fight in a fight which the other side started.

What Are They Hiding?: You receive +2 to Investigate rolls to investigate something which someone else has tried to dissuade you from investigating in the same scene. (Or perhaps in the same and/or the preceding scene, if only the same scene would be too limiting, which IDK if it would. What do you think, Qralloq?)

I also wanted to add a Stunt that gives +2 to Lore in some circumstance(s), but I couldn't think of any. Anyone else got an idea for that?

Oh, and @Qralloq , could you tell us if you're not willing to allow any of the above Stunts, or will allow with some modification?

Those sample stunts all looked good to me.

Glad you're sticking with us DracoStern!

Alright Gentleman!!
Great help, and really useful knowledge about the system.

Draco, I'm glad that you are happy now with your PC.