Getting Started as a Player

Create a Character

Character Creation

Character creation is simple: Get the World Sheet from your Storyteller, fill out a Character Sheet with the following in no particular order:

• Fill in your Identification info
• Get Backgrounds
• Add Skills from the World Sheet
• Level Up
• Buy Items from the Store
• Calculate Turn Delay
• Negotiate New Content

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Learn How the System Works

Checks

When a Character takes an action that could succeed or fail, the Storyteller will call for a check.

1. Describe the action you want your character to attempt.
2. The storyteller sets a Difficulty.
3. Choose an appropriate Skill. If you don’t have one, use your most apt Attribute.
4. Roll a number of dice equal to your Skill level. Roll The Event Die if directed to.
5. Everyone is given an opportunity to Oppose the check.
6. The storyteller describes the Outcome.

If Sam wants to jump over a river and has an athletics skill of 5, Sam would say “I want to jump across the river.” The storyteller tells him “that will be hard because the rain made the ground muddy and your footing is bad.” When Sam rolls, he gets 2,2,3,5,6 which is a partial success. The storyteller says “you get across the river okay but you splash your pants with mud as you land.”

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Safety Systems

Safety

I will discuss two safety systems for dealing with sensitive subjects in this game. They are for everyone—Players and Storyteller both. Lines and Veils is a preventative system while the X-Card System is reactive. You can find more safety tools here: https://bit.ly/ttrpgsafetytoolkit

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