Chapter 2
by 
majus
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Character creation sheet
You smile to yourself as you reach the decision. The best way for you to gain the power is to seek employment in Trade Federation. They will surely have work for A female human such as yourself. Especially one with such a
[A1]ravishing
[A2]beautiful
[A3]common
[A4]not too good looking
[A5]ugly
face and
[B1]thin
[B2]slender
[B3]curvy/voluptuous
[B4]muscled
[B5]fat
body. You will be sure to show them your
[C1]playful/coquettish
[C2]deceitful/manipulative
[C3]open/truthful
[C4]cold/calculating
[C5]normal
personality – it wouldn't be good, if they found that truthfully you are
[D1]playful/coquettish
[D2]deceitful/manipulative
[D3]open/truthful
[D4]cold/calculating
[D5]normal
Your age of
[E1]21-25
[E2]26-30
[E3]31-35
[E4]36-40
[E5]41-45
[E6]46-50
shouldn't create any problems.
Of course they could have problems if they found out your origins as a
[F1]former
[F2]member of rich family
[F3]member of military family
[F4]spacer
[F5]member poor family
[F6]other [write in]
but you are sure that they are in need of someone who works as a
[G1]noble
[G2]outlaw
[G3]soldier
[G4]scout
[G5]entertainer
[G6]other [write in]
Of course, you will keep the fact that you are
[H1]heterosexual
[H2]bisexual
[H3]homosexual
to yourself.
It could be problematic if they found out that in the past you've done something
[I1]lawful
[I2]neutral
[I3]unlawful
that effected
[J1]few people
[J2]entire city
[J3]planet
[J4]entire star system
and your actions are known by
[K1]none, whatsoever
[K2]few people
[K3]many
[K4]everyone involved
[K5]entire sector
But what makes you a desired employee is that you are a/an
[L1]ace pilot
[L2]undefeated commander (tactician/strategist)
[L3]veteran marks-woman
[L4]gifted fencer and melee fighter
[L5]spirited leader and diplomat
[L6]incredible mechanic
[L7]medicine guru
Of course you are going to hide that you are
[M1]racist
[M2]arrogant and prideful
[M3]stubborn
[M4]dependent follower
[M5]distrustful micro-manager
[M6]uncertain and hesitant
[M7]arbitrary
and of course, no one needs to know about your experience with the that could be summed up to
[N1]no talent
[N2]dark side acolyte [self-taught]
[N3]former Jedi padawan
[N4]'gray' user
You don't think that your
[O1]yellow
[O2]brown
[O3]pink
[O4]pale
skin and your
[P1]blond
[P2]brown
[P3]black
[P4]red
[P5]gray
hair will be worth mentioning.
This is the start of your journey – the galaxy will now know the name of
[Q1]Alaana Enlcoo
[Q2]Cinani Shergra
[Q3]Yesjai Bassel
[Q4]Kairain Ingryea
[Q5]Sylvjan Ferrea
Explanations:
Face – in contrary to majority's opinion, a beautiful face can be an disadvantage in certain situations while the ugly one can be helpful.
Good looking characters have easier social contacts and have it easier to convince someone to do their bidding. But they can be ignored by some characters as nothing more than a 'pretty face' or the criminal elements of society. They also have it harder to be stealthy in the crowd.
Ugly characters can easily intermediate others and have it easier while leading some groups (soldiers/pirates). They generally will be left alone when on the streets.
Body
Thin – small and nimble but weak
Slender – normal
Curvy/voluptuous – very helpful in social contacts, not to good in physical activities
Muscled – mass of muscles, strong but slow
Fat – slow, bulky but hardy
Personality – one you show to the world, the other is real you. Both can be different or the same. Will influence dialogue and interactions.
Playful/coquettish – sensual and flirty, can have a friendly chat/flirt with enemy you're about to kill
Deceitful/manipulative – control, cheat manipulate, everything's allowed if you can gain something
Open/truthful – incapable of lying, can say to your friend, with straight in face, that you hate her
Cold/calculating – always logical, sacrifice a newborn child to gain advantage or save ten people – it's logical
Normal – nothing special, BORING
Age - Your age reflects your mental and physical capabilities.
Young character will be more physically fit, but will have less experience and have less knowledge about the word.
Older character will be less 'naïve', more knowledgeable, but less physically fit in comparison to their younger counterparts.
The age will be randomly generated from the selected age range.
Background - Your roots, where you come from, where you spent the first years of your life. I will customise the background based on the selected option. Here are examples:
Former : you are ex-pleasure , ex-gladiator or ex-mine worker...
Member of rich family: you belonged to nobility or royalty on your home planet
Member of military family: your parent/parents were members of military – a ranking officer or a soldier.
Spacer – you were born on the spaceship, and spent there most of your life 'planets are strange – so much open space'
Poor family – your parents were common workers, farmers or miners
Other [write in] – message me a GENERAL background and I will consider adding it
Profession – what you are currently doing for living. I will customise it based on the selected option. Here are examples:
Noble – you are working now as diplomat, ambassador or Noble*(only if your background is noble)
Outlaw – you are scum of society, a pirate, smuggler, slaver...
Soldier – you are a warrior of this age, a mercenary, bounty hunter, ex-soldier (freshly left the army)
Scout – you are an explorer of wild space, a scout of unknown planets, a pilot of a spaceship
Entertainer – you work in show business, you are a singer, an actor, a performer
Other [write in] – message me a GENERAL profession group and I will consider adding it
Sexuality describes how you view different genders.
Reputation – You didn't appear from tin air – you have past, a baggage. You've done something in your past that you are known for. Depending on what you've done, you will be viewed differently by different groups/people
Lawful – your actions are viewed as positive in face of law
Neutral – your actions weren't particularly positive or negative
Unlawful – your actions are viewed as criminal
You will also choose how big your actions were and how spread knowledge of your involvement is. That's part of your history and your reputation, other will view you through your actions. If you choose the biggest effect and the spread the knowledge of your actions, you might be regularly hunted by some people – but others might seek to employ you. Reputation can be helpful in some situations and harm in others. And what you've done will be described by GM (Game Master - me) based on your choices - “Beware of Games Masters and their sick sense of humour” [I'm not that bad... I just like to make things interesting]
Advantage – in what you stand above others, what makes you special:
Ace pilot – you are an ace pilot, there are few who can match you in space dogfight
Undefeated commander – you are a always a number of steps before your enemies, your strategies are complicated and fluid. Few can match your with on battlefield.
Veteran marks-woman – you are a sharp shooter. There are very few instances when you missed – very few. And no, deflecting the blaster with a lightsaber doesn't count as a miss.
Gifted fencer and melee fighter – Your strength lies in you ability to take it close and personal. (This does not make you Sith or Jedi level fighter, but you can go head to head with padawans and some knights)
Spirited leader and diplomat – Maybe it's charisma, maybe it's personal charm, but people listen to you. It's easier to convince others to do what you want
Incredible mechanic – you're a gearhead! You can built a droid, repair a starship or construct a shield generator, as long as you have parts. It comes naturally.
Biology guru – whether it's healing, designing a new crops or mending with clone DNA – you can understand it, and eventually change it.
Fault – your weakness (yes you have to choose one). There are no perfect people, everyone have their 'less liked side'/imperfections:
Racist – your race is superior, xenos are uneducated barbarians (f.e. you are more likely to insult 'aliens' and disregard them and their abilities)
Arrogant and prideful – you are above all others and you are proud because of this (f.e. you are likely to disregard your opponent or gloat when they are weak during the fight)
Stubborn – once you set your eyes on target, you won't let go – you just don't know when to let go (it can be a pursuit of opponent or legendary artefact, or stubbornly no accept reality – proofs of treason/scam)
Dependent follower – you don't feel good without following someone, someone to give you directions (you will be inclined to follow someone who takes command of situation and will be 'uncomfortable' when leading)
Distrustful micro-manager – you don't trust easily, and prefer to control your allies (you will be distrustful not only to your companions but also their abilities and will always try to control their actions on smallest level)
Uncertain and hesitant – you always question yourself (you will be always hesitant before taking an action and after always questioning whether you made the right decision – it could paralyse your decision making process)
Arbitrary – when it comes to people you like or you find attractive, you will almost always make decision that will further their cause (f.e. you will listen to attractive alien and make the bad decision instead to listening unattractive alien and making far better decision.)
– describes your abilities/history
No talent – you are average galaxy's Jane with no magic powers. That means that you are in far less danger of losing your sanity.
Dark side acolyte – you have studied darker arts of , by some considered unnatural. You didn't need a Master, you had a manual! [a book or holocron]
Former Jedi padawan – you were a member of Jedi order, but you are not anymore. But you still have your training and knowledge of light side.
'Gray' user – you don't believe light or dark. You believe in balance. It ain't easy, you are frowned on, by both – light and dark side users (too light for later, too dark for former). You rip from both sides. You have the versatility but but light/dark side abilities are weaker than preformed by dedicated user.
There are too many choices!
We will take care of character creation in one go and go to adventure in next:)
Will there always be so many choices – my heads hurts from all of this!?
No, usually there will be from 1 to 3 choices to select from, rarely more.
What do faults change?
Except the obvious, they allow me (the GM) to change the outcome of voting if the majority's decision stand in conflict with protagonists nature.
f.e. Protagonist is dependant/follower and is in position of becoming a leader of an mercenary group, she has but one opponent – a claimant to the position. The majority's vote is to take the leadership of mercenaries, because hell – you could have your own army! But because there is that one person, protagonist's fault compels her to follow, rather than to lead – this is where I will change action taken, and enforce protagonist staying quite and accepting her opponent's leadership. Of course there are exceptions – if the person where her nemesis, a mortal enemy, she would be more willing to stand up and fight. But even then, it would be not for leadership – but against her nemesis.
What's the personality for?
It will show the protagonist's view of the world. It will influence the decisions that the protagonist will consider taking and will change the way the protagonists behaves and speaks [hopefully I’m talented enough to pull the last one off].
I don't like your choices – you are unintelligent not to give the obvious option of...!
Of course, if you give other option, than I, and have a good reasoning I will add your choice to the existing ones. But I will reject senseless ones.
Is there somewhere where we can discuss this – this comment window is really small and not fit for long argument I’m about to make (and there are no smiles - barbaric)!?
Yes, there is discussion thread on forum: