Crossroads SF

Character Creation

Creating a Character

Creating a Character can be completed in a few simple steps.

1. Character Concept

Create a concept for your character. Decide what kind of character you want to play as and how you will achieve this.

As the options available to a character can be quite broad, it’s good to have an idea of what you want before you start.

This is detailed further below.

2. Race

Choose what race your character will be. This will affect their starting Secondary Statistics, their maximum Statistics, and may affect how people treat them as they adventure.

This is explained further in the Races section.

3. Background

Choose your character background. Who your character was before this adventure started. This may affect their starting Skills or Statistics, as well as determining what the character is likely to know.

This is explained further in the Backgrounds section.

4. Paths and Statistics

Choose what Paths your character will follow. Spend Character Points on Paths or Statistics.

Characters may start with any number of Character Points, but the typical starting number is 10.

This is explained further in the Paths and Statistics sections. Earning and Spending Character Points is explained further in the Character Points section.

5. Equipment

Choose what equipment your character will have, including weapons, armour, and Equipment Packs.

This is explained further in the Equipment section.

6. Character Goals

Choose the goals for your character. These will help give your character personality and objectives of their own. These may also be used for earning Character Points.

Goals are explained further in the Goals section of Character Points page.

Character Concept

Personality

Pick a few words that you think others might use to describe your character. You can keep these in mind if you're ever unsure of how your character might act. You should try to pick both Good and Bad.

Example Personality Traits

• Good
• Calm
• Gererous
• Reliable
• Protective
• Bad
• Stubborn
• Greedy
• Moody
• Angry

Beliefs

You should pick one or two core beliefs for your character. These should be summarised in a single sentence, but should help to understand how the character sees the world. You may pick a famous quote if you wish.

Example Beliefs

• All people should be free.
• Justice is non-negotiable.
• Let Justice be done, though the heavens fall.
• Every man for himself.
• Quid Pro Quo.
• Money is the root of all evil.
• Everyone has their price.
• A promise must never be broken.

Motivation

Why are you here? Why are you doing all of this?

While this Character Element will often have little gameplay effect, it's very important to think about this when making your character. Even if it's not public knowledge, such as a Secret, it's important to have some sort of motivation for your character that ties into their Goals.

This may simply be a character's Character Goal.