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    ASoIaF Charater Creation

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    This short manual shows the basic steps to create a character in the Song of Ice and Fire role playing game. There is also a helpful layout of the character sheet and how it is to be filled out.

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    ASoIaF Charater Creation

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    This short manual shows the basic steps to create a character in the Song of Ice and Fire role playing game. There is also a helpful layout of the character sheet and how it is to be filled out.

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    This short manual shows the basic steps to create a character in the Song of Ice and Fire role playing game. There is also a helpful layout of the character sheet and how it is to be filled out.

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    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    1K views3 pages

    ASoIaF Charater Creation

    Uploaded by

    Rick Janssen
    This short manual shows the basic steps to create a character in the Song of Ice and Fire role playing game. There is also a helpful layout of the character sheet and how it is to be filled out.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
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    The document outlines a process for creating and developing a roleplaying character including assigning a house, concept, goals, abilities and specialties.

    The document provides a 4 step process for character creation: 1) Assign a house and background, 2) Develop a character concept, 3) Assign abilities and allocate experience points, 4) Assign specialties and allocate experience points.

    Abilities represent broad skills that are assigned a rank and cost experience points to increase, while specialties provide bonus dice for specific uses within an ability. Abilities and specialties are used together in tests with the total number of dice rolled determining success.

    STEP ONE: House and Lands

    What noble house are you affiliated with? Where are you from?

    STEP TWO: Character Concept


    Pick Age: Young Adult, Adult, Middle Age, Old
    Determine Role: Expert, Leader, Rogue, Schemer, or Warrior. (This is not a class, merely a concept.)
    Determine Goal: What does your character want?
    Determine Motivation: Why does your character want what he wants?
    Virtue: Name at least one virtue or quality about your character.
    Vice: Name at least one vice or character flaw possessed by your character.

    STEP THREE: Assign Abilities


    Ability Experience
    Starting Ability Experience: 180 Description
    Allocate experience to abilities.
    Rank Cost
    All abilities start at Rank 2. 1 Gain 50 Experience Deficient
    2 -- Starting -- Average
    3 10 Talented
    4 40 Trained
    5 70 Accomplished
    6 100 Master
    7 130 Paragon

    STEP FOUR: Assign Specialties Bonus Experience


    Starting Specialty Experience: 80
    Dice Cost
    Allocate experience to specialties.
    1B 10
    Specialties are represented by bonus dice.
    Bonus dice cannot exceed the ability score. 2B 20
    3B 30
    4B 40
    ABILITY – Specialty Options 5B 50
    AGILITY – Acrobatics, Balance, Contortions, Dodge, Quickness
    6B 60
    ANIMAL HANDLING – Charm, Drive, Ride, Train
    7B 70
    ATHLETICS – Climb, Jump, Run, Strength, Swim, Throw
    AWARENESS – Empathy, Notice
    CUNNING – Decipher, Logic, Memory
    DECEPTION – Act, Bluff, Cheat, Disguise
    ENDURANCE – Resilience, Stamina
    FIGHTING – Axes, Bludgeons, Brawling, Fencing, Long Blades, Pole-Arms, Short Blades, Spears
    HEALING – Diagnose, Treat Ailment, Treat Injury
    LANGUAGE
    KNOWLEDGE – Education, Research, Streetwise
    MARKSMANSHIP – Bows, Crossbows, Siege, Thrown
    PERSUASION – Bargain, Charm, Convince, Incite, Intimidate, Seduce, Taunt
    STATUS – Breeding, Reputation, Stewardship, Tournaments
    SURVIVAL – Forage, Hunt, Orientation, Track
    THIEVERY – Pick Lock, Sleight of Hand, Steal
    WARFARE – Command, Strategy, Tactics
    WILL – Concentrate, Coordinate, Dedication
    Affects ranged damage.

    Affects accuracy of ranged


    Affects melee damage. attacks.

    Health = 3 x Endurance.

    Affects accuracy of melee Composure = 3 x Will.


    attacks.

    Example Ability and Bonus:

    4 FIGHTING
    3B Axes

    The cost would be 40


    experience for the ability
    and 30 experience for the Combat Defense represents
    specialties.
    how hard it is to land a
    blow against your
    Example Ability Test: character.

    4 FIGHTING Similar to hit points. When


    3B Axes they reach zero your
    character is defeated.
    Ability score = # dice rolled.
    Bonus = # extra dice rolled to
    improve your score.
    So, total dice rolled = ability score
    Represents how much
    + bonus. The final result is the best
    # dice equal to your ability. damage is absorbed before
    subtracting from your
    Examples: character’s health.
    Attacking with a sword =
    6,4,3,2 = 15
    Attacking with an axe =
    6,4,3,2 + bonus 5,4,1 = 19

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