Revolution

Campaign Index

Intro	Locale	Mythology	Religion	History	Races
Mechanics:	Mechanics	Combat	Char Gen	Characters
Powers:	Powers	Body/Mind	Dragon Blooded	Virtuous Follower
Maps:	Overview	Local	Stockade	Village
Story:	Session 1

Links

• Core Rules Fate 2.0: http://www.faterpg.com/dl/FATE2fe.pdf
• Printable character sheet: Fate2CharSheet.zip
• Excel character sheet: charsheet_fate2.zip
• Yahoo group: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/FateRPG/
• Livejournal: http://spiritoftheblank.blogspot.com/

Character Creation

Character creation is carried out in phases. Each phase the player selects one Aspect, then four skills associated with that Aspect. See Special Aspects below for plot driven Aspects that provide additional bonuses.

Spending on skills is limited in one way: There must be one more skill in the lower rank. For example to have a good skill one must already have two fair skills (and three average skills). This is referred to as the skill pyramid.

Essence can be purchased at a rate of X essence per skill.

Here is the outline of character creation.

Free Phase One: Age 8-10

• Aspect: Peasant of Ji'an
• Skills:
• Farmer 1
• Village Culture 1
• Alertness 1
• Animal Handling 1

Free Phase Two: Age 12-13

• Aspect: Choose one - related to village life
• Skills: Choose four

Phase One: Age 13-14

• Aspect: Choose one
• Skills: Choose four

Phase Two: Age 14-15

• Aspect: Choose one
• Skills: Choose four

Phase Three: Age 15-16

• Aspect: Choose one
• Skills: Choose four

Phase Four: Age 16-17

• Aspect: Choose one
• Skills: Choose four

Special Aspects

The following Aspects are available to characters during the creation process. 5 skills can be selected during any phase when one of these Aspects is chosen.

• Initiate - Any character seeking one of the Paths to Power must devote at least one phase to this Aspect.
• Rebel - This Aspect should be taken by anyone seeking weapons skills beyond those freely available.
• Escapee - You've run away from the village. This Aspect grants 6 skills instead of 5, but one skill must be used for Extra: Outside Contact. This Aspect can be *very* dangerous. This Aspect can only be taken ONCE. This Aspect allows the GM to add an Aspect to your character reflecting the hardships encountered for each subsequent phase of character development.

Other Skills

Rather than provide a big list of skills, we'll run on the premise that anything fitting to the scenario is fair game. There are a few things that probably shouldn't be taken:

• Reading / writing - Writing is forbidden by the Srin-ga. It's possible you could have one rank of read/write (secretly passed down by elders / teachers), but that's it.
• Science - It's unlikely anyone would have any formal science training, though knowledge of subjects like herbalism are possible.
• Craft Skills - Any craft skill mentioned in the description of Ji'an can be learned.
• Combat Skills - Bows, Pole arms, and Brawling are freely available (hunting and general mayhem). Other combat skills require access to training.

Equipment

All characters will have access to mundane equipment, clothes, outerwear, blankets, waterskins, light packs, etc. Weapons access will be limited to items useful for day to day living. Hunting bows, wood axes, spears, and knives will be available at start.

Pets

Buy a pet as an Extra. The pet gains 1 Aspect plus 4 skills/tricks. You can buy multiple ranks of the same pet to increase it's abilities. Each skill buys you 1 phase of advancement. Remember Aspects define who/what something is, Skills define what it can do.

You cannot directly control your pet unless you have an appropriate training skill. Generally this will be something like: animal training: birds, or animal training: mammal.

To give your pet an order you must roll a test of your training skill. In combat this is an action for all but the simplest commands. The difficulty of the test will be based on situation:

• Mediocre - low-stress environment
• Average - combat with mundane foes (wild beasts, humans, Mefun)
• Fair - combat with unusual foes (Wesh, weird beasts)
• Great - combat with OMG LAZOR MAGIC PEW PEW

This means you better spend points on animal training or your pet sits around a lot.

Animals will not always go where you want to go. They may be reluctant to enter structures or enclosed places, and downright unwilling to enter places with lots of magical energies.

If you pet is slain you get back the skill ranks you spent in some form. They're part of your character. The exact timing of and form they come back in is up to me, and I'm evil.

FINI

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