Character Creation - Revision history

Brenda Cass: /* Traits and Defects */ Removed reference to numeric bonus in traits section

2020-12-28T21:24:57Z

Traits and Defects: Removed reference to numeric bonus in traits section

Brendan Cass: /* Classes */

2020-04-13T23:46:03Z

Classes

Brendan Cass: removed assertion that Traits need to be born with. Formatting.

2020-04-13T23:36:17Z

removed assertion that Traits need to be born with. Formatting.

Brendan Cass: fleshed out spirit point rules

2020-04-13T23:29:02Z

fleshed out spirit point rules

Brendan Cass: Modified traits, special abilities. Added Spirit Points, Initiative to new Derived Scores section.

2020-04-13T23:23:27Z

Modified traits, special abilities. Added Spirit Points, Initiative to new Derived Scores section.

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Brendan Cass: /* Defects */

2018-11-30T18:57:21Z

Defects

Brendan Cass: /* Traits */

2018-11-30T18:55:21Z

Traits

Brendan Cass: /* Special Abilities */

2018-11-30T18:54:12Z

Special Abilities

Brendan Cass: /* Skils */

2018-11-30T18:52:25Z

Skils

Brendan Cass: /* Skill Specializations */

2018-11-30T18:52:16Z

Skill Specializations

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 ==Traits and Defects==
-=== Traits ===
+===Traits===
 Traits cause minor, permanent Narrative Effects or affect the way the character spends or regains Spirit Points. As a general rule, a Trait is something that is always passively affecting the character; things like night vision or water breathing qualify as traits.. Some Traits can be purchased again to increase their "tier" for increased benefit, and their costs can be found on the following table.
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 ===Classes===
-[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2S8kA8w6axoSEM2TnQwMHRGUjQ Classes are Archetypes] that represent some kind of special training or practice that the character has had, and so are designed to be purchased at any time in the character's lifetime and combined with each other.
+[[Class Archetypes|Classes are Archetypes]] that represent some kind of special training or practice that the character has had, and so are designed to be purchased at any time in the character's lifetime and combined with each other.
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 Example:

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   Example: Holtsmeistur has a specialization score of <u>1</u>0 in stealth (a ten's place of 1), which is keyed to Dexterity, this specialization improves his original Dexterity score of 2<u>0</u> to 2<u>1</u>
-===Special Abilities===
+==Special Abilities==
 Special Abilities are a unique skills that allow characters to perform superhuman feats. These abilities allow characters to spend their Spirit Points to add Narrative Effects or to increase the Target Number by 10 for each point spent on their Skill Checks. Narrative Effects that are added to attacks or spells this way can be resisted by the Target and use their Power Check roll to determine the Target Number .
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-====Traits====
+==Traits and Defects==
-Traits cause minor, permanent Narrative Effects or affect the way the character spends or regains Spirit Points. As a general rule, a Trait is something a character would need to be born with, and is something that is always passively affecting the character; things like night vision or water breathing qualify as traits.. Some Traits can be purchased again to increase their "tier" for increased benefit, and their costs can be found on the following table.
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 Picked assignment is the method that most players prefer, and is the default method for the point buy method of generating ability scores. To use this method, simply assign either the rolled score or points into each ability until no more rolls or points are available. Characters that are created using picked assignment can be optimized for a particular role in the party and so are often more successful. Players should pick this method of assignment if they are interested in having greater control over their character's strengths and weaknesses, or are interested in rounding out their party's capabilities.
-== Derived Scores ==
+==Derived Scores==
 ===Resistances===
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 Mental resistance is equal to the sum of a character's mental Ability scores (i.e. Awareness, Intelligence, and Personality). This score represents the character's ability to resist effects that influence the character mentally; An opponent attempting to coerce the character, or a spell that affects a character's Intelligence, Awareness, or Personality scores are both good examples of when mental resistance would come into play.
-=== Initiative ===
+===Initiative===
 Initiative is calculated based off the sum of a character's Dexterity and Awareness ability scores and represents how quickly the character responds to situations. Initiative checks are used to determine turn order and are always Power Checks.
-=== Spirit Points ===
+===Spirit Points===
 A character's maximum pool Spirit Points is the 10's place of the sum of all their ability scores and represents the combined physical and emotional stamina that an adventurer draws from when using their abilities and enduring the world. For example, a character whose ability scores add up to 150 would have a maximum pool of 15 Spirit Points to spend.
-Spirit Points can be spent on activating [[Character Creation#Special Abilities|Special Abilities]], [[Magic|casting spells]], or to recover 10 Stress damage for each point spent. Characters are able to spend a maximum number of Spirit Points equal to their level every turn
+Spirit Points can be spent on activating [[Character Creation#Special Abilities|Special Abilities]], [[Magic|casting spells]], or to recover 10 Stress damage for each point spent. Characters are able to spend a maximum number of Spirit Points equal to their level, per turn, and do not need to spend them all one one action. A character can spend more than their maximum pool of Spirit Points, but a negative number of points remaining in the character's pool increases his [[Introduction#Critical Failure|critical failure range]].
-See Downtime rules for information on [[Adventuring|how to regain spent  or lost Spirit Points]].
+See Downtime rules for information on [[Adventuring#Downtime|how a character's environment affects the regeneration or loss of Spirit Points]].
 ==Skills==

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 === Defects ===
-Interesting characters are not completely perfect, and Swords of Infinity reflects this with Defects, which are either permanent penalties to a character's skills or traits that negatively affect them. Whenever a player invokes one of their defects during play they are given a bonus (equal to the magnitude of the defect) to the next Power or Skill check of their choosing, this is done to encourage players to role-play their defects.
+Interesting characters are not completely perfect, and Swords of Infinity reflects this with Defects, which are either permanent penalties to a character's skills or traits that negatively affect them. Whenever a player invokes one of their defects during play their character's morale increases by one, this is done to encourage players to role-play their defects.
-Players do not have to invoke their defects, but the best role-players frequently will. The bonus granted by invoking a defect can be saved until the end of an encounter, no more than one of these bonuses can be saved per defect. Purchasing Defects does not cost any Experience Points, and so the severity of the defect is entirely up to the player creating the character. Defects must be purchased during character creation.
+Players do not have to invoke their defects, but the best role-players frequently will. Purchasing Defects does not cost any Experience Points, and so the severity of the defect is entirely up to the player creating the character.
-  Storyteller's Note: While players can only buy Defects during Character Creation, this should not stop you from granting characters new Defects when it is appropriate to the story (e.g. a character that has received many serious leg injuries might be granted a Skill Defect in Jumping).
+  Storyteller's Note: While players can only buy their own defects, this should not stop you from granting characters new Defects when it is appropriate to the story (e.g. a character that has received many serious leg injuries might be granted a Skill Defect in Jumping).
   Some players might attempt to "game" the system by invoking their Defects to gain the bonus in situations where they would not cause any substantial consequences for their character. This is not in the spirit of Swords of Infinity, so feel free to deny the player their bonus if the Defect is invoked in a situation where it does not contribute anything substantial to the story.

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 ==== Traits ====
-Traits are special abilities that cause minor, permanent Narrative Effects, or a bonus that can be applied to Success checks under the right conditions. As a general rule, if a special ability causes a Narrative Effect that only effects the character, is something they would need to be born with, and is something that is always passively affecting the character, its a trait; things like night vision or water breathing qualify as traits. Traits always apply a numerical modifier with a magnitude of 10 (e.g. when modifying a Success or Power Check) and stack with bonuses granted by Skill Specializations. Traits can be purchased again for increased benefit, and their costs can be found on the following table.
+Traits cause minor, permanent Narrative Effects, or a bonus that can be applied to Success or Power checks under the right conditions. As a general rule, if a special ability causes a Narrative Effect that only effects the character, is something they would need to be born with, and is something that is always passively affecting the character, its a trait; things like night vision or water breathing qualify as traits. Traits always apply a numerical modifier with a magnitude of 10 (e.g. when modifying a Success or Power Check) and stack with bonuses granted by Skill Specializations. Traits can be purchased again to increase their "tier" for increased benefit, and their costs can be found on the following table.
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-! Trait Level
+! Trait Tier
 ! XP Cost
 ! Trait Bonus

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 === Special Abilities ===
-Special Abilities are a unique kind of Specialization that allows characters to perform superhuman feats. These specializations can accomplish anything that a magic spell can, are always keyed to Vitality, and can only be used once per combat encounter before it needs to be recharched. To use a special ability in combat add its score to the character's vitality score, and make a power roll, this gives you the special ability's power score, which can be spent the same way as a spell power score; using a special ability costs one action. Note that each special ability can only accomplish one effect. A Special Ability can be recharged by expending one action.
+Special Abilities are a unique skills that allow characters to perform superhuman feats. These skills can accomplish anything that a magic spell can, are always keyed to Vitality, and can only be used once per combat encounter before it needs to be recharged. To use a special ability in combat add its score to the character's vitality score, and make a power roll, this gives you the special ability's power score, which can be spent the same way as a spell power score; using a special ability costs one action. Note that each special ability can only accomplish one effect. A Special Ability can be recharged by expending one action and making a success check against the ability's target number.
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 Mental resistance is equal to the sum of a character's mental Ability scores (i.e. Awareness, Intelligence, and Personality). This score represents the character's ability to resist effects that influence the character mentally; An opponent attempting to coerce the character, or a spell that affects a character's Intelligence, Awareness, or Personality scores are both good examples of when mental resistance would come into play.
-== Skils ==
+== Skills ==
 As characters become experienced adventurers they specialize in the skills that help them perform their role in the party more effectively. When rolling for success or power, skill specialization scores are added to the ability score that they are keyed to, thus making it more likely that the character will succeed at that task.