Character Creation
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Envision your character and name them.
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Choose a kin, determine your age, and pick an origin from your kin or roll an origin.
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Set your attributes by distributing an array of points across strength, dexterity, wits, and heart, as determined by your age.
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Young adult: 2, 2, 1, 0.
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Middle-aged: 2, 1, 1, 0.
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Old: 2, 1, 0, 0.
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Distribute points across skills as determined by your age. Each skill can have up to 2 points allocated total.
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Young adult: 6
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Middle-aged: 10
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Old: 12
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Set your max grit to 5.
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Determine your harm stats.
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Fatal damage is 13+.
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Tier III damage threshold is 9–12.
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Tier II damage threshold is 5–8.
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Tier I damage threshold is 1–4.
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Choose a vice.
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Determine your backgrounds.
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Young adult: Roll once on the backgrounds table.
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Middle-aged: Pick twice on the backgrounds table.
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Old: Pick three times on the backgrounds table.
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Purchase any additional equipment and determine your speed. You begin with 10c in addition to all coin and equipment of your choice from your backgrounds. You also gain XP according to your age that you can spend now if you wish, or keep for later.
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Young adult: 4XP.
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Middle-aged: 12XP.
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Old: 16XP.
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