To generate your characters stats, roll
3d6 down the line. The stats are Strength, Dexterity, Constitution,
Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. Your numbers in your stats
generate your stat modifiers, according to the table below. If your
stat modifier total when added together is -1 or lower, you can
reroll the character.
-2 on 3-4
-1 on 5-8
+0 on 9-12
+1 on 13-16
+2 on 17-18
Using this method; characters only
rarely have exceptional modifiers or exceptional faults, but it is
easier to roll characters with good/bad qualities then some other
games. Additionally, it is easier to keep track of stat modifiers as
they aren't going up or down quiet as often and you can take more
stat damage without being crippled.
Play what you Rolled
After a player
rolls a character; you get to decide your race. In this case, races
do not have mechanical influences unless you're playing a special
race as class or something. Instead; you get to pick a race based on
what you rolled. Consider your stats and choose your class to fit
what you are. You could always play a human, or any race of your
choosing, but some may be more fitting then others.
Races can be
anything but must fit within the confines of the game's basic limits.
You cannot have a special ability that would give you a mechanical
advantage, and your race must possess all the basic “human
weaknesses” such as hunger, not being able to see in darkness,
sleep, not being able to breath underwater, disease, and being
susceptible to poison and level drain/negative energy. All of the
“special powers” of your race come from your stats, or are
implied to be constant throughout them instead of needing to have
them be a separate thing that interferes with game balance.
Here is a list of
races you could play based on your two highest stats + lowest stats
and a character motivation for each one.
10 Example Play-Your-Stats Races
[1] Temple Snake
Highest- Str,
Dex
Lowest-
Con
You are a giant,
albino snake man. Your skin constantly sheds and your body's
naturally scales are falling out with age; your race has been inbred
and diseased from ancient curses and the reserved royal bloodline.
Despite being sleek and all muscle, you lack a lot of toughness the
younger races possess. You quest to find an egg-mate who can breed
life into your dying bloodline.
[2]
Familial Beast
Highest-
Str, Con
Lowest-
Int
You are a
wolf-bear man. Despite your fitness; you are easily distracted and
lack focus, as well as having none of the sharp senses of your 4
legged kind. Your ancestors were once the primordial spirits of the
mother bear and the father wolf; family is the most important thing
for you and you will die to defend them.
[3]
Elephant Man
Highest-
Str, Int
Lowest-
Dex
You're an elephant
man. You're big, you're smart, but you're clumsy. Your sack feet and
broad, wide animalistic fingers make you very poor at fine
manipulation, but you're got great mental and magical power to go
with your huge bulk and crushing momentum. You fan your ears out
constantly to help regulate your body temperature and soak in the
water and shade whenever you can.
[4]
Hue'er
Highest-
Int, Cha
Lowest-
Str
You appear as a
strange, painted, idealized form of being. Abstract and with few
defining features, you are attractive and mystical, but lack much
physical structure. You bleed ink. Despite being innately magical,
you are still a mortal race, and are said to have been born when a
Wizard fell in love with the surrealist painted figures he would draw
when not practicing magic.
[5]
Cnidis
Highest-
Int, Dex
Lowest-
Cha
As a jellyfish
person; you are surprisingly strong and fast for what you are, even
out of water. But you have no face and have a sort of disturbing,
alien aura to you, making you hard for people to empathize with or
put their trust into. Instead of punching people, you shock them with
your wispy poison stingers, which have the same effect and damage as
normal unarmed damage. Anyone knocked out with non-lethal unarmed
damage by you is still conscious, but paralyzed.
[6]
Ring Tail
Highest-
Dex, Wis
Lowest-
Int
You
look like a lemur mixed with a raccoon. You have very flexible hands
and fingers, and are very agile as well as perceptive; your sharp
senses and whiskers help you avoid danger even in dark places.
However, your people are very common among the poorest classes so you have a reputation for being untrustworthy and bad with money and planning.
[7]
Noideous
Highest-
Cha, Str
Lowest-
Wis
You're
a big fluffy dragon person. Your race appears similar to a bipedal
dragon or dragon-born, but you do not have a breath weapon or scales.
Your entire body is covered in luxurious, colorful fur and you are
known for your huge personality. As with being quite tall and large,
you are also known for being very strong and powerful in combat.
However, your lack of worldliness and sensitivity to others means you
tend to have low Wisdom and empathy.
[8] Black Rinser
Highest-
Con, Wis
Lowest-
Str
You're
a black skinned, semi-gelatinous creature. Your people were once made
in arcane laboratories, but slowly became more adapted to the rest of
the world and became more accepted as a race other then as slaves to
magic users. You don't have a face besides a small, always open
breathing and speaking hole. You can absorb nutrients from food by
merely touching it, and the food crumbles into dehydrated gray dust
in your hands before being blow away by the wind. Your physical form
is very tough when it comes to resisting damage and disease, and your
sensory abilities are tied into your entire body, but your physical
form is not as strong as creatures of flesh and bone.
[9]
Pokal
Highest-
Con, Cha
Lowest-
Dex
Said
to be the spirits of the wasteland sands and tales of traveling
merchants brought to life. Pokal's ride the sands on huge metal fans
and appear as people made of cloth, wrapped and bundled over and over
and over. Underneath the cloth, they appear as yellow-ish stick
figure people that wither away and die within a few hours if deprived
of their clothing. Their hands are very mitten-like after being
wrapped so much, so fine manipulation is difficult. Despite this,
their race makes a living by traveling these harsh places and trading
goods, and are known for being good hosts and guests and having a
million fine greetings.
[10]
Power Shroom
Highest-
Int, Wis
Lowest-
Con
Type
of magic mushroom that absorbs ambient mana in forests and swamps.
Occasionally, these mushrooms become so enriched by magical energy
that they gain a spirit all their own, and become wandering magicians
and mana-junkies. You have great magical potential in you, both for
healing and destruction, but are physically vulnerable due to both
your small size and material.
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