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Summary
If you have any questions at any point, feel free to hit up the #character-creation channel. All of the actual RPing and gameplay with us should be easily doable from mobile devices, but we recommend creating your character from a computer. It's possible on a phone, but might be a pain. You will need to be able to do some light editing of a Google Sheet (typing text or numbers into existing cells, choosing from a dropdown) in order to create your character.
- Step 1. Use the link provided below to start working on your page.
- Step 2. Let us know that you're working on it so that we can make a blank character sheet for you.
- Steps 3-7. Build your character.
- Step 8. Describe your character.
- Step 9. Go over the checklist and wait for the go-ahead to start RPing.
Step 1: Create a page. CAREFUL.
Use this link to create your character page.Click to expand.
The only information you need to fill in right away is Character Name and Title. Character Name is first name only as it will appear in the tracker, or just some placeholder if you haven't decided yet. Title is the Player Name.
Step 2: Ping us to let us know you're working on it.
Please ping @Character Helper to let us know that you've started working on a character. Don't worry, we won't bite, we love pings! We want to know that you've started working on it. We'll need to paste in a blank character sheet for you.
Step 3: Choose a Race.
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Step 4: Consider Templates.
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TextStep 5: Consider Features.
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TextStep 6: Consider Skills and Attributes.
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TextStep 7: Spend all your points.
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Steps 4-6 were a tour of all the different things you can spend your points on. Go back over each of them, in any amount you like, until you've spent all your points. Your total should come to 25, and you can have up to -20 in bad features (excluding any that come with your templates). Character Helpers are there to help at any step along the way!Step 8: Describe your Character.
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Entry: This is for other players to read when they want to get a snapshot of your character, so please keep it concise. If you want to add more than what you can fit in the short description, there is room for it elsewhere! For appearance, you need either a picture or a paragraph on what your character looks like.
Basic Info: These are self-explanatory. Please keep this section short and sweet.
Flavor Requirements Some of the choices you make regarding your character will give you some "Flavor Requirements" to fill in. Please do that in the indicated section of your character page, not in your sheet.
Backstory & Origin: A paragraph on where you're from and what you're doing on the island suffices. Everyone is required to do 2 backstory connections with other PCs. You get 1xp for each connection that you do, and there is no limit. Any other information you want to provide in this section is welcome but not required.
Step 9: Checklist
- Character name is in the "Name" field
- Player name is in the "Title" field
- You picked a race.
- You picked some Features
- You picked some Skills.
- You considered adjusting your Attributes.
- You considered some Templates.
- You have a "short summary" at the top of your character page.
- You have either a picture or a description of your appearance.
- The requested information on your character page is all filled in.