Write this down:
- Three skills at d8, or one at d10 and one at d8. This describes what you’re good at or trained in.
- Two traits. This describes what you’re like.
- One feat. This is a special thing you can do.
- Three significant items—for example, a set of watchmakers tools, fancy clothing, and a briefcase.
- A name for yourself.
Example skills:
| d66 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jury-rigging | Engines | Strength | Gymnastics | Streets | Cooking |
| 2 | Hacking | Reading People | Library Science | Explosives | Gardening | Electrical Wiring |
| 3 | Stealth | Public Transit | Piloting | Deception | Underwater Basketweaving | Connections |
| 4 | Climbing | Driving | Playacting | Architecture | MLM | Tracking |
| 5 | Brawling | Drawing | Chemistry | Instrument (choose one) | Cryptography | Running |
| 6 | First Aid | Legal Studies | Weapon (choose one) | Actuarial Science | Banking | Electronics |
Example Traits
- Bestial: Attack with fang or claw.
- Collectivist: Grant 2 dice when helping.
- Dark-dwelling: Sense perfectly in darkness.
- Eidetic: Notice tiny details and recall them with perfect clarity.
- Fast: If there’s a question of who acts first, it’s probably you.
- Hard-boiled: Absolute dogged determination. Helps in searching for information, but hinders in polite society. Take a trench coat and detective hat.
- Magical: Take 1 spell. Cast without risk of side effects, lasting while you concentrate.
- Mechanical: No need for food or air. Must be repaired, not healed. Limbs break as defense.
- Relentless: Injuries don’t hinder in battle. Until you keel over from blood loss.
- Small: Helps evade, hide, and seem harmless. Not compatible with Large.
- Striking: Awe-inspiring presence, helps in most social situations.
- Large: Helps lift, block, and intimidate. Not compatible with Small.
- Thick-skinned: While your guard is up, deflect attacks from all but heavy weapons & magic.
Magic
Spells consist of a verb (the art) and a noun (the focus). These act like skills. For example, you could have conjure flame (d8) and invert light (d8) as skills. Interpret these as liberally as you and the GM please.
More in magic.