Characters

Character Creation

• You must choose one of the nine Imperial nations or the Imperial Orcs
• Human characters may choose one of the six known lineages
• You have 8 points to spend on skills for your character
• You must choose one personal resource for your character

The character you create for Empire must be an Imperial citizen. This means you must choose one of the nine Imperial nations that your character is from or else play an Imperial Orc. Your choice represents the nation that your character is formally identified by the civil service as being part of. Your character may have travelled across the Empire and it is even possible to have been a foreigner who has taken citizenship in the Empire, but whatever your background you must begin play as an Imperial citizen who is a member of one of the nine nations or is an Imperial Orc.

If you are playing a human character then you may choose to possess one of the six lineages. Imperial Orcs do not possess lineage so you cannot choose a lineage if you are playing an orc.

You have eight character points to spend on skills for your character. Your choice of nation and lineage does not affect the cost or availability of the skills. If you are playing an Imperial Orc, then the skill costs are unchanged, but you cannot purchase religious skills for your character. Your skills represent your character's unique heroic abilities, the things that separate them from the common people of the Empire.

In addition to your skills, you pick one personal resource. Your resource will provide your character with wealth or influence at every event you attend.

Advancement

• Players gain one experience point if they attend one or two events in a year
• Players gain two experience points if they attend three or four events in a year
• Unspent points may be spent on a new character
• Points may be spent at an event

Players that attend one or two events in a year gain a single point to spend on new skills for their character after their first event. Players who attend three or more events in a year get a second point to spend on new skills after their third event.

Players can save experience points accumulated to buy expensive skills. If a character dies, then the player keeps any unspent points that were gained in play and may spend them on their new character.

Players can spend points on their character on the run up to an event using the website. Players can also spend points by training with another character at an event. The character should find a suitable mentor and then roleplay accordingly. After completing the roleplaying the player can come down to GOD from Saturday onwards at any event and register the points spent on their character’s new skills.

The exception to learning a new skill is that sometimes a skill is not general knowledge. The most common reason for this is that a ritual has been formulated, but not made part of Imperial Lore. In this case, the only way to learn that ritual is to study the appropriate ritual text - a special item that contains the details of how the ritual is performed.

One Character at a Time

• Each player is allowed to play one character
• You must retire your current character if you wish to play a new character
• If you wish to take a break then you may volunteer to play a plot role

Players are only allowed to play a single character at any one time during the campaign. If you wish to begin playing a new character, then you must retire your current character. That character cannot be played again at a Profound Decisions event.

If you wish to take a break from your current character then you may volunteer to play a role designated by the plot team. Come to GOD and speak to the administration team and they will arrange for you to receive a new character role that you can play for a period of time.

Creating Characters at Events

• Please ask if you want help with ideas or costume for your new character

If you need to create a new character at an event then you can do so at any time by going to GOD. It can be difficult to source costume and create a concept at an event so if you would like any help with rules, ideas, costume, or make-up then please ask. Members of crew are available to help you create an interesting character that you can play straight away.