1. Acquire a char­ac­ter record sheet
2. Choose or ran­dom­ize which of the 7 core skills you lack. This is your weak­ness. The core skills are Agili­ty, For­ti­tude, Immu­ni­ty, Intel­lect, Might, Per­cep­tion, and Sub­tle­ty.
3. Roll d4 six times, not­ing the results. Assign them, in the order they were rolled, to your core skills. Record these on your sheet. Swap one for anoth­er if desired, but only if you ran­dom­ly deter­mined your weak­ness.
4. Choose a sort that match­es your weak­ness. Record its crea­ture type. If it lists more than one type, choose. Record these choic­es and their con­se­quences.
5. Buy start­ing virtues. You have 20 XP to spend and you can earn more by gain­ing issues. Left­over XP is retained. Choose no more than three virtues or issues now.
6. Record start­ing pos­ses­sions: d6 pen­nies, a cloth back­pack, a set of mod­est clothes, a pair of sor­ry shoes
7. Fill in your name and par­tic­u­lars.

Optional: Common Skills

Trade 20 start­ing XP for a ran­dom skill from the table below.

If the skill you gain is already pro­vid­ed by your cho­sen sort, reroll. If you gain suf­fi­cient XP, you can buy a sec­ond roll.

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