Character Creation Challenge 2023: #1 = "Action System"

We are starting this business this year with a repeat. In this case, it’s “Action System!”. The fictional campaign that our fictional game master is running is an extremely far-future business filled with aliens and robots of many different flavors. This means I have 50 Starting Points for Attributes.  The following is what I bought for my character with the math business in brackets as usual:

• 10 for Strength [50 - 10 = 40.]

• 9 for Reflexes [40 - 9 = 31.]

• 10 for Health [31 - 10 = 21.]

• 6 for Presence [21 - 6 = 15.]

• 10 for Intellect [15 - 10 = 5.]

• 5 for Will  [5 - 5 = 0.]

Now, it’s time to deal with the Derived Attributes business for the PC. The first math business here is for Defensive Target Number which is the following math problem: Reflexes + 10. With my PC having a Reflexes of 9 -- that makes his Defensive Target Number the following: 19. The next math business in this business is for Initiative which is the following math problem: Reflexes + Intellect/2 = Initiative (rounding up in the case of fractions) Let’s plug my PC’s numbers into the math problem: 10+10/2=10.  The next business is Toughness which is the following math problem: Strength + Will/2 = Toughness (once again -- rounding up in case of fractions). Let’s plug in the PC’s numbers: 10 + 5 = 15/2=7.5. Rounding that 7.5 up to an 8.  Next is the math business for Life which is the following: (Health x 3)+ (Will x2) = Life. Time to plug in the PC’s numbers. (10x3)+(5*2) = Life. 30+10=40. The Move is our next math problem -- which is the following: Reflexes + (Strength+Health)/2. It’s time to figure out the PC’s Move business. 9 + (10+10)/2 = 14.5. Let’s round up that 14.5 into a 15.

It’s time to buy the Traits for our character -- advantages cost us points -- while the disadvantages give us points. The fictional Game Master decides to give us 200 points to buy traits -- the following is what I brought with the math business in brackets as usual:

• Actual Scene (Gift) -- [200 - 9 = 191]

• Advanced (Gift) -- [191 - 10 = 181]

• Ambidextrous (Edge) -- [191 - 5 = 186]

• Athletic (Gift) -- [186 - 10 = 176]

• Attractive (Edge) -- [176 - 6 = 170]

• Lucky (Edge) -- [170 - 10 = 160]

• Night Vision (Gift)  -- [160 - 10 = 150]

• Addiction: Soda Pop (Inconvenience) -- [150 + 2 =152]

• Bad Temper (Inconvenience) -- [152 + 2 = 154]

• Distinctive Feature: Pink metal skin (Peril) -- [152 + 10 = 163] 

Ok. On my PC’s skills. I get 100 points for my PCs.  Group business is 5 Points per Level -- while a skill is 1 point per level -- even if it’s a type of business -- while a Specialty is 2 Levels per 1 point.

The following are the skills that I brought for my PC with the math business in brackets as usual:

• Swimming 6 (100  - 6 = 94.) 

• Disguise 10 (94 - 10 - 81)

• Stealth 10 (81 - 10 = 71)

• Intuition 10 (71 - 10 = 61)

• Acting 10 (61 - 10  = 51)

• Singing 10 (51 - 10 = 41)

Now, I’m done with my character’s buying business -- so it’s time for name and appearance. I’m going with Aelita as the name of the character. Aelita’s appearance is the following business: “Aelita is a human-looking robot made out of pink metal with purple hair and orange eyes usually wearing a white toga.”

The following business is Aelita’s full stats.

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Name: Aelita 

Appearance: Aelita is a human-looking robot made out of pink metal with purple hair and orange eyes usually wearing a white toga.

Attributes:

▢ Strength: 10 

▢ Reflexes: 9

▢ Health: 10

▢ Presence: 6

▢ Intellect: 10

▢ Will: 5

Derived Attributes:

▢ Defensive Target Number: 19

▢ Initiative: 10

▢ Strength: 8

▢ Life: 40

▢ Move: 15

Traits:

▢ Acute Sense (Gift)

▢ Advanced (Gift)

▢ Ambidextrous (Edge)

▢ Athletics (Gift)

▢ Attractive (Edge)

▢ Lucky (Edge)

▢ Night Vision (Gift)

▢ Addiction: Soda Pop (Inconvenience)

▢ Bad Temper (Inconvenience)

▢ Distinctive Feature: Pink metal skin 

Skills:

▢ Swimming 6

▢ Disguise 10

▢ Stealth 10

▢ Intuition 10

▢ Acting 10

▢ Singing 10

Action Points: 1

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Character Creation Challenge 2022: #1 = "Action System"

 Hi, readers of “Flubs and Boons”. Last year in January, I created 31 characters for 31 different tabletop roleplaying games. I started 7 days behind the actual start of the Character Creation Challenge -- Jan. 1,2021.  This time, I’m staring at an early portion - so I post at least one character every 31 days in January. You will see returning tabletop roleplaying games. -- as well as new tabletop roleplaying games. If you see a box that means “Mythic Game Master Emulator” was a helping hand for me. We start this year off with a new tabletop roleplaying with "Action System".

Step #1 is to find what kind of campaign my fictional Game Master is running.

Question #1: First question to Mythic. Is it a realistic campaign? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 76. No.

 

Question #2: Cinematic campaign? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 57. No. It's an extreme campaign.

 

Step #2 is buying the Attributes with the point business. The six Attributes in this tabletop roleplaying game are the following: Strength, Reflexes, Health, Presence, Intellect, & Will. Because it is an extreme campaign, I get 50 points for buying numbers for the six Attributes. The following are the numbers for my PCs with the math business in the following parenthesis:

• Strength of 8 (50 - 8 = 42)

• Presence of 2 (42 - 2 =40)

• Reflexes of 6 (40 - 6 = 34)

• Health of 10 (34 - 10 = 24)

• Will of 4 (24 - 4 = 14)

• Intellect of 9 (14 - 9 = 5)

Step #3 is to find the Defensive Target Number. That is Reflexes plus 10. 10+6=16. That means my PC’s DTN is 16.

Step #4 is Initiative. That is Reflexes plus Intellect divided by 2 -- the result rounded up. My PC’s Strength is 8 while his Intellect is 9. 6+9=15. 15/2=7.5. Rounding 7.5 up, that means the Initiative of my PC is 8.

Step #5 is Toughness. That is Strength plus Will divided by 2 -- with the results around up. As I said in the last paragraph, my PC’s Strength is 8 -- but the PC’s Will is a 4. 8+4=12. 12/2=6. 6 is my PC’s Toughness.

Step #6 is Life Points. That is the following math problem: (Health*3)+(Willpower*2)=Life Points. Let’s do some math!

8*3=24.

4*2=8
24+8=32.....

...So 32 is my PC’s Life Points.

Step 8 is Move. The math problem for Move is the following: Reflexes + (Strength+Health)/2=Move. Let’s do some math

8+10=18
18+6 =24

24/2=12.

12 is my PC’s Move.

Step #9 is Traits. Traits cost one of the following: 2, 5, or 10. I can’t take a trait that is the opposite of a trait that I already have -- without the approval of the fictional Game Master. The following is what traits I got for my PC with the math business in the brackets:

• Acute Sense (Convenience. 5 - 2 = 3)

• Ambidextrous. (Convenience. 3 - 2 = 1)

• Con-Artist (Convenience. 1-2=-1.)

• Eidetic Memory (Edge. -1-5=-6.)

• Fast Learner (Edge. -6-5=-11)

• Good Sense of Direction (Edge. -11-5=-16)

• Lucky (Gift. -16-10=-26)

• Soda Pop Addiction (Hardship. -26+5=-21)

• Bad Temper (Inconvenience. -21+2=-19)

• Wings Distinctive Features (Peril. -19+10=-9)

• Heavy Sleeper (Inconvenience. -9+2=-7)

• Minor (Inconvenience. -7+2=-5.)

• Short (Hardship. -5+5=0.)

Step #5 is buying Skills. First off, I get 100 Skill Points because the campaign is an extreme one. A Skill Group costs 5 points per level. Skill costs 1 Point per level. Skill (Type) also costs 1 Point per level -- while Skill (Speciality) costs 2 points per level. The following are the skills I bought for my winged teenage years with the math business in brackets:

• Art & Crafts  2 (Group. 5*2=10. 100 - 10 = 90)

• Cooking 4 (Specialty. 4*2=8. 90 - 8 = 82)

• Photography 1 (Specialty. 1*2=2. 82-2=80) 

• Athletics 4 (Group. 5*4=20. 80 - 20 = 60)

• Swimming 4 (Skill. 4*1=4. 60-4=56)

• Unarmed Combat (Brawling) 2 (No cost. Freebie)

• Communication 4 (Group  5*4=20. 56-20=36

• Convert 2 (Group. 5*2=10. 36-10=26)

• Education 2 (Group. 5*2=10. 26-10=16)

• Enterprise 1 (Group. 1*5=5. 16 - 5 = 11)

• Medical 1 (Group. 1*5=5. 11-5=6)

• Performance 1 (Group. 1*5-5. 6-5=1).....

...Guess I’m done with the Skills.....

Step #6 is my PC's free 1 Action Point.

Step #7 is Name, I am going with Arak for my PC’s name.

Step #8 is Appearance, which I am going with the following: “Arak is a short male teenage humanoid with blonde hair, blue eyes, and white swan-like wings usually dressed in a white toga and sandals.”

...And Arak is done. You will find Arak’s full stats below.......

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Name: Arak

Appearance: Arak is a short male teenage humanoid with blonde hair, blue eyes, and white swan-like wings usually dressed in a white toga and sandals.

Attributes: 

▢ Strength: 8
▢ Reflexes: 6
▢ Health: 10
▢ Presence: 2
▢ Intellect: 9
▢ Will: 4

Traits:
▢ Acute Sense
▢ Con-Artist
▢ Eidetic Memory
▢ Fast Learner
▢ Good Sense of Direction
▢ Lucky

▢ Addiction (Soda Pop)

▢ Distinctive Feature (Wings)
▢ Heavy Sleeper 

▢ Minor
▢ Short

Skills:

▢ Art & Craft 5

▢▢ Cooking 4
▢▢ Photography 1
▢ Athletics

▢▢ Swimming 4

▢▢ Unarmed Combat 2 (Brawling)
▢ Communication 4
▢ Covert 2
▢ Education 2
▢ Medical 1
▢ Performance 1

Defense Target Number:  16

Initiative: 8

Toughness: 8

Life Points: 32

Move: 12

Action Points: 1

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