Gothic: Runeheim Character Form

Determine the identities of your parents. Who are they, or were they? What did they do, and what was it important that they pass on to you? Select their identities, their profession and their names. If raised in special circumstances, such as with guardians who were not your parents, describe that instead.Secondarily, choose a value that they instilled in you for conflict resolution – did your parent reason with you to teach you a better way, showing you the value of Persuasion, or did he force you to do as you were told with Intimidation? Did they show you how to get what you needed with bargains or seduction, or instead how to earn or trick your way into the trust of others? For the purposes of differentiating your choices, parental figures are here referred to as 'Guardians'; you may, but are not required to, model their influence on your character's life according to that term. For both guardian figures, choose one Non-Combat Skill that represents each one that they passed along to you. Choose one Social Skill that represents the style in which you were raised, or the example set before you. All three Skills must be different Skills.

Your character’s Devotion is the single most important thing in her life. It is the powerful driving force that is both her greatest strength and her greatest weakness. Your character’s Devotion helps to define their goals and can give her incredible drive and capability, but when tragedy strikes her Devotion, it can be a crushing blow.A character's Devotion is always of a specific pre-defined category and directed towards a subject chosen by the player. A character devoted to building up the Church might have a Devotion of Order: The Benalian Church. For more information on Devotions and the mechanical conditions and rewards/failures attached to them, as well as the situations in which it becomes possible to attain Achievement XP through your Devotion, we recommend you check out https://www.gothiclarp.com/human-spirit/.

The Reveler’s Trait – your character’s true nature as revealed through the clarifying power of alcohol. Even if they never become Intoxicated in game, choose what sort of drunk your character will turn out to be should it happen. The Reveler's Traits listed below apply to Beer specifically, and the one below your selection determines your Wine Reveler's Trait, which will be listed on your official character sheet!

Choose one Attribute to raise one step to the first level to represent your character’s natural talent and predilection. You may also take as many Attributes at the -1 rank as you wish, each earning an additional 10 exp as a ‘flaw’ that can be bought off at equal value in game. Flaws are discussed in more detail in the Perks and Flaws section.If you do not have any levels in the locked Skill for your Favored Attribute (see the chart for details), take the first Rank of that Skill now. If you already have it because of an earlier step in Character Creation, the next time you purchase a new level of that Skill, you may do so for 2 less exp. If you have a Locked Skill from an earlier step in Character Creation and do not have the appropriate Attribute at Level 1, you may not spend xp to increase that skill until you have purchased the appropriate Attribute.The Locked Skill associated with each Attribute is denoted below as Attribute (Locked Skill)

At this step, consider your character’s heart and soul, the name he carries with him, and all the infamy or fame he has gained comes with it. Your name is what you and others call you, but it is also your reputation. As you journey and make decisions, people will remember you for your deeds, and those deeds will be carried with you.

Every character begins with 10 Experience points to spend as they wish. You may spend these on skills or other abilities, or you may purchase Perks for the listed value. Flaws award experience points, and Traits neither cost or give experience points. After character creation, perks cost Achievement XP to take. Flaws also cost Achievement XP to remove. When purchasing Skills with experience points, the Skills Heavy Weapons, Finesse, Grit, Courage, Academics and Zeal are only able to be purchased with the required Attribute level, even if they were awarded earlier in the process as free ranks. If you wish to pick up Perks and Flaws, which is highly recommended, please see the Perks and Flaws page at this step in Character Creation.

These Flaws are specific to a character's Culture. You may take a flaw from outside of your culture for 3 times the flaws' value in glory.

These flaws are unique to your social class. Taking a flaw that is out-of-Social Class for your character costs 3 times the flaw's xp cost in Glory.

These Perks may be taken by any character.

Choose a character(s) to be Favored by and the nature of the Bond towards you.

These Perks can be taken by any character, but because of their scarcity in the setting, they require Glory to be spent alongside the Perk cost.

These Perks are specific to your social class. Taking a Social Class perk that is out-of-class for your character costs 3 times the xp cost of the perk in Glory.

These perks are specific to a character's Culture. All out-of-Culture perks cost 3 times the xp cost of the perk in Glory.

Membership in some organizations and the special training that they give their members and adherents require the purchase of a Character Perk. These can be purchased at a later time if membership into these groups is earned in game, and in this case they can be purchased for the Experience Points cost listed below without the Glory cost. Beginning a character concept that has already gone through recruitment and training means that these Perks are acquired during character creation, and this requires a corresponding amount of Glory to be spent to help ensure the quality and relative scarcity of these character types. Most of these require some level of commitment to a world organization which requires certain responsibilities of its members in exchange for the benefits that are granted, and this is represented by the Beholden flaw, which does not yield any experience points when conferred this way. You may still take the Beholden Flaw during character creation, but it represents a different duty than this, perhaps some above and beyond responsibility, or perhaps something completely unrelated to your affiliations.

Traits have both a positive and a negative element, and thus neither grant or cost experience.

Bonds are statements about the way your character feels emotionally about someone or something. Bonds are used in the Social System to both prevent you from acting against those feelings, and to provoke you into acting because of them. You may define up to 5 Bonds during Character Creation. This can be useful if your character already knows other characters, or you’ve done some coordination ahead of time to have backstory with others. If not, you can always establish them during play. Bonds always state how you feel (called the attachment) and what you’re going to do about it next (called the vector). Bonds are meant to be frequently updated and changed through roleplay. Examples: I respect Gunnar. I’ll seek out his advice about Morgan. I hate Morgan. I’ll make her pay for what she did to my father. I love my father Gregoire. I’m going to write a letter on his behalf to the town marshal to clear this up. I’m worried about Tasha. She is never around during Convocation anymore – I must see where she goes.

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