Character Creation

The following section is meant to help players get a character made up as quickly and painlessly as possible.

First off, it bears mentioning that for most characters, slapping in stats and submitting them for approval is optional. Only Force-Users or other specialized characters, such as droids or Mandalorians who might still have access to the ubiquitous technology, need go through these steps. For the average ruck and run of the galaxy, this section is merely for those who want to dive headfirst into the action.

There will also be a test-play period extended towards those with characters that will require approval. For the moment, this period is a week.

Those who are for whatever reason without a sheet are assumed to be average members of their species, with no extra points in Skills for the purposes of any die rolls they may need to make.

Those who wish to go through the whole process, please continue reading.

1) Define Type.
This covers the basic concept of your character. This can be as simple as a line of description, such as “kid” or “failed Jedi” or “scruffy looking nerfherder”. The concept can be as revealing or as cloudy as you like, as it’s really there to help you get a grasp on their character as you’re building it. Also in this category, you should determine whether your character is somehow involved with the Republic's investigation of the Abyss, or whether he or she is in fact one of the space station's prisoners.

2) Define Species.
Different species sometimes have different special abilities. For a list of these, please refer to the Species list. Various species are detailed elsewhere.

3) Appearance, Personality, and either History or Flashbacks. These make up what your character looks and acts like.

The History aspect is for those involved with the New Hope, and its investigation of the Abyss.

The Flashbacks part of this is for prisoners of the Abyss, and determines how many clear memories the character can muster after he awakens in the darkness. The character has a number of memory triggers equal to or less than however many points he has in the Mind Stat. These triggers basically determine what kind of things will kick some of the amnesiac character's brain cells to start working again, such as an Abyss-born Jedi remembering things when he sees a lightsaber fired up.

4) Character Points
The character receives 15 points to distribute among the three primary stats of Body, Mind and Soul, as well as many skills, and Force abilities. Points are spent on a 1 for 1 basis for everything but Force Sensitivity, which costs 3.

-Define Stats.
All characters receive 15 points to distribute into the following Stats:

Body: A character's basic physical prowess, combination of strength, agility, speed and toughness. The main stat for handling combat, and physical matters.

Mind: A character's mental faculties, including how well-spoken and how knowledgable she is. This stat manages abstract thought, logical leaps and reasoning.

Soul: A character's spiritual awareness and openness to her environment, as well as to the moods and feelings of another.

A thorough description of the Stats may be found here.

-Define Skills.
Each stat has a set of skills which serve as a refinement to the basic trait. Every skill increases the related stat by one while it is in use, so somebody with a Body stat of 4 and an Armed Combat skill has an effective Body stat of 5 when using an axe, sword or so on in combat.

Most Skills can be undertaken by a character even if he doesn't have it listed on his sheet. Assigning points to Skills in this case merely indicates what your character can do WELL.

Adding a skill to your character at Character Creation costs 1 character point from the starting total
of 15.

A list of possible Skills may be found here.

5) Force-Sensitive?
Decide whether to make your character Force Sensitive. If the answer is “Yes”, you will need to spend 3 character points. If you have points left, you may purchase Force Powers from a list of 1st tier powers.

6) Finishing Up.
A character with an exceptional history or creatively written flashbacks may also receive bonus points to
distribute amongst either her Stats or her Skills. She may also use these on Force Powers, if she is a Force
Sensitive, but no Force Power may be greater than one at Character Creation.n.