Character Creation and Levelling Guide

This document will detail step by step on how to create your character and level them up in the Viridian Campaign/Framework.
The first section will help you build your character from idea to Lv1. The second section is what you need to do each time your character levels up.

Building a Character to Lv1

Select Character Race (Playable Races)

Note down the Racial traits of your character's Race.
If you select a Racial Archetype for your character, skip the Select Archetype step.

Select Archetype (Archetypes)

Select an Archetype for your character.
If you selected a Racial Archetype for your character, this step is skipped.

Add Attributes (Attributes)

Add Racial and Archetype attributes together.
You may add 1 attribute point to two different attributes to finish off your character’s attributes. The two +1s cannot be applied to the same attribute.

Assign Skill Focuses and Skill points (Skills and Skill List)

Add Racial and Archetype Skill-focuses to your character sheet.

(Each Skill focus adds 20 skill points to the skill and automatically unlocks Novice rank for those skills)

Your character starts off with one extra Skill-Focus you can apply to any skill group.

Your character gains an additional Skill-focus for a single skill for every point in Intelligence (INT) they possess.
- The Skill Focus bonus also increases by +5 for each Intelligence attribute point the character possesses. Base amount at INT 0: +20 Skill Focus Bonus.

Your character gains 15 skill points they can put into any skills they like, ready for Lv1.

Assign Skill Perks and Universal Perks (Perks)

Check Skills for what Perks are rewarded for gaining Novice rank in them.

Your character gets to select one Universal perk at 1st level.

Any perks granted by traits will also be applied.

Levelling up a Character

Every level

Your character gains 15 Skill points every level, including 1st level.
- Note: you will not be able to add more skill points than skill cap for any skill depending on the character's level.

2nd Rank: Competent (40) is already unlocked at Lv1
3rd Rank: Adept (60) is unlocked at Lv4
4th Rank: Expert (80) is unlocked Lv8, then finally
5th Rank: Master (100) is unlocked rank at Lv12.

Every 2nd level

Your character gets a Perk-Point which they can use to obtain a Universal Perk.
- If your character has reached their maximum skill rank for a particular skill, Perk-Points can be used to obtain remaining Skill Rank Perks they were not able to obtain due to reaching Max rank.

Tier 2 Perks are only selectable when the character has a total of 10 universal perks and skill perks granted by Skill Ranks.
Tier 3 Perks are only selectable when the character has a total of 20 universal perks or skill perks, as above.

Every 4th level

Your character gains +1 to any two different attributes of their choice.
- You cannot select the same attribute twice, it must be +1 to two separate attributes.

At 5th level and every 10 levels beyond 5th

As a Milestone reward, the character may choose ONE reward from the list below:

Your character gains +1 to any attribute of their choice.
Your character gains a Perk-Point.

Every 10th level

Your character can select and apply an additional archetype from the list of archetypes noted on their race page or Archetypes.

Check Size/Faction Restrictions

Your GM will inform you which of the race factions you are permitted to use for your character.

Factions include:

Vermillion Freeholds (Tiny to Small),
Cerulean Kingdom (Medium),
Saffron Union (Large to Huge) and
Viridian Republic (Gargantuan to Colossal).

If your GM declares that only certain size categories are permitted for characters, you can only choose races who fit within the range specified by your GM. If the GM declares only characters between Tiny and Huge, then you cannot use races from the Viridian Republic (as they are Gargantuan or larger). Inversely, if the GM declares you can only pick races from the Viridian Republic, then you are limited to gargantuan or larger character races.

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